About block 962,891
Bitcoin block 962,891 was mined by SpiderPool on August 17, 2026 at 12:47 PM UTC, 23 min 38 s after block 962,890. 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 4,160 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0320 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1570 BTC for this block.
Block 962,891 is number 1,260 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 756 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,109 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. SpiderPool found 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,514 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.