About block 962,953
Bitcoin block 962,953 was mined by ViaBTC on August 17, 2026 at 10:48 PM UTC, 20 min 12 s after block 962,952. 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 3,533 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0448 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1698 BTC for this block.
Block 962,953 is number 1,322 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 694 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,047 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 11,425 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.