About block 963,020
Bitcoin block 963,020 was mined by SpiderPool on August 18, 2026 at 10:07 AM UTC, 20 min 46 s after block 963,019. 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 4,440 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 963,020 is number 1,389 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 627 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,980 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,316 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.