About block 962,954
Bitcoin block 962,954 was mined by F2Pool on August 17, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC, 8 min 32 s after block 962,953. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,271 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% 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 0.0329 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1579 BTC for this block.
Block 962,954 is number 1,323 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 693 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,046 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,424 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.