About block 962,897
Bitcoin block 962,897 was mined by AntPool on August 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM UTC, 14 min 47 s after block 962,896. 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 4,168 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0256 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1506 BTC for this block.
Block 962,897 is number 1,266 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 750 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,103 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,499 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.