About block 962,938
Bitcoin block 962,938 was mined by AntPool on August 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM UTC, 9 min 11 s after block 962,937. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,746 transactions in 1.93 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 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 962,938 is number 1,307 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 709 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,062 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,444 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.