About block 962,987
Bitcoin block 962,987 was mined by ViaBTC on August 18, 2026 at 4:22 AM UTC, 4 min 27 s after block 962,986. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,037 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 962,987 is number 1,356 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 660 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,013 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 11,374 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.