About block 962,984
Bitcoin block 962,984 was mined by ViaBTC on August 18, 2026 at 4:01 AM UTC, 11 min 30 s after block 962,983. 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 5,376 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 962,984 is number 1,353 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 663 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,016 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,377 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.