About block 962,854
Bitcoin block 962,854 was mined by AntPool on August 17, 2026 at 7:29 AM UTC, 10 min 13 s after block 962,853. 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 5,689 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 962,854 is number 1,223 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 793 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,146 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,564 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.