About block 963,036
Bitcoin block 963,036 was mined by SpiderPool on August 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM UTC, 20 min 59 s after block 963,035. 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 4,755 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% 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 0.0253 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1503 BTC for this block.
Block 963,036 is number 1,405 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 611 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,964 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,293 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.