About block 963,013
Bitcoin block 963,013 was mined by OCEAN on August 18, 2026 at 8:46 AM UTC, 7 min 52 s after block 963,012. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,779 transactions in 1.38 MB (80.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 963,013 is number 1,382 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 634 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,987 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. OCEAN found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,327 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.