About block 962,959
Bitcoin block 962,959 was mined by F2Pool on August 17, 2026 at 11:29 PM UTC, 9 min 44 s after block 962,958. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,059 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0259 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1509 BTC for this block.
Block 962,959 is number 1,328 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 688 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,041 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,414 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.