About block 963,109
Bitcoin block 963,109 was mined by MARA Pool on August 18, 2026 at 11:52 PM UTC, 15 min 32 s after block 963,108. 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 4,404 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% 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 0.0289 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1539 BTC for this block.
Block 963,109 is number 1,478 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 538 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,891 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,186 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.