About block 963,028
Bitcoin block 963,028 was mined by MARA Pool on August 18, 2026 at 11:18 AM UTC, 24 min 3 s after block 963,027. 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 4,875 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0301 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1551 BTC for this block.
Block 963,028 is number 1,397 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 619 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,972 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. MARA Pool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,301 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.