About block 962,857
Bitcoin block 962,857 was mined by F2Pool on August 17, 2026 at 7:48 AM UTC, 6 min 13 s after block 962,856. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,633 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0097 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1347 BTC for this block.
Block 962,857 is number 1,226 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 790 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,143 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,564 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.