About block 962,860
Bitcoin block 962,860 was mined by F2Pool on August 17, 2026 at 8:22 AM UTC, 13 min 20 s after block 962,859. 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 5,641 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 962,860 is number 1,229 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 787 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,140 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 11,561 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.