About block 962,871
Bitcoin block 962,871 was mined by AntPool on August 17, 2026 at 10:01 AM UTC, 11 min 22 s after block 962,870. 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 5,173 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 962,871 is number 1,240 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 776 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,129 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,550 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.