About block 962,914
Bitcoin block 962,914 was mined by AntPool on August 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM UTC, 10 seconds after block 962,913. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,133 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0072 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1322 BTC for this block.
Block 962,914 is number 1,283 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 733 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,086 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 11,476 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.