About block 962,961
Bitcoin block 962,961 was mined by AntPool on August 17, 2026 at 11:52 PM UTC, 18 min 39 s after block 962,960. 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 2,762 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0332 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1582 BTC for this block.
Block 962,961 is number 1,330 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 686 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,039 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,412 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.