About block 963,101
Bitcoin block 963,101 was mined by OCEAN on August 18, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC, 9 min 57 s after block 963,100. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,970 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0318 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1568 BTC for this block.
Block 963,101 is number 1,470 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 546 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,899 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. OCEAN found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,194 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.