About block 962,893
Bitcoin block 962,893 was mined by SpiderPool on August 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM UTC, 9 min 53 s after block 962,892. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,776 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0284 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1534 BTC for this block.
Block 962,893 is number 1,262 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 754 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,107 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 11,512 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.