About block 962,918
Bitcoin block 962,918 was mined by ViaBTC on August 17, 2026 at 5:17 PM UTC, 9 min 40 s after block 962,917. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,250 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0295 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1545 BTC for this block.
Block 962,918 is number 1,287 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 729 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,082 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. ViaBTC found 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,472 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.