About block 963,072
Bitcoin block 963,072 was mined by SpiderPool on August 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM UTC, 4 min 40 s after block 963,071. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,603 transactions in 1.88 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 963,072 is number 1,441 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 575 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,928 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. SpiderPool found 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,241 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.