About block 962,887
Bitcoin block 962,887 was mined by SpiderPool on August 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM UTC, 1 min 59 s after block 962,886. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,055 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0093 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1343 BTC for this block.
Block 962,887 is number 1,256 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 760 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,113 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. SpiderPool found 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,518 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.