About block 962,838
Bitcoin block 962,838 was mined by F2Pool on August 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM UTC, 8 min 41 s after block 962,837. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,241 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 962,838 is number 1,207 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 809 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,162 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,572 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.