About block 963,065
Bitcoin block 963,065 was mined by ViaBTC on August 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM UTC, 4 min 31 s after block 963,064. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,617 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 963,065 is number 1,434 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 582 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,935 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,248 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.