About block 962,873
Bitcoin block 962,873 was mined by Unknown on August 17, 2026 at 10:31 AM UTC, 20 min 19 s after block 962,872. 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 4,998 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0291 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1541 BTC for this block.
Block 962,873 is number 1,242 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 774 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,127 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. Unknown found 17 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,541 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.