About block 962,881
Bitcoin block 962,881 was mined by AntPool on August 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM UTC, 5 min 47 s after block 962,880. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,782 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 962,881 is number 1,250 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 766 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,119 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,533 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.