About block 962,943
Bitcoin block 962,943 was mined by ViaBTC on August 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM UTC, 5 min 24 s after block 962,942. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,248 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 962,943 is number 1,312 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 704 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,057 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,439 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.