About block 962,989
Bitcoin block 962,989 was mined by F2Pool on August 18, 2026 at 4:41 AM UTC, 2 min 58 s after block 962,988. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,688 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% 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 0.0070 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1320 BTC for this block.
Block 962,989 is number 1,358 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 658 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,011 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,372 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.