About block 962,843
Bitcoin block 962,843 was mined by AntPool on August 17, 2026 at 5:46 AM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 962,842. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 5,323 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 962,843 is number 1,212 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 804 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,157 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,567 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.