About block 962,866
Bitcoin block 962,866 was mined by Luxor on August 17, 2026 at 9:06 AM UTC, 6 min 17 s after block 962,865. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,555 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% 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 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 962,866 is number 1,235 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 781 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,134 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. Luxor found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,555 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.