About block 962,966
Bitcoin block 962,966 was mined by F2Pool on August 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM UTC, 21 min 18 s after block 962,965. 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 3,161 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0373 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1623 BTC for this block.
Block 962,966 is number 1,335 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 681 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,034 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 11,407 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.