About block 962,869
Bitcoin block 962,869 was mined by F2Pool on August 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM UTC, 7 min 47 s after block 962,868. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,278 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 962,869 is number 1,238 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 778 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,131 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,552 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.