About block 963,138
Bitcoin block 963,138 was mined by Unknown on August 19, 2026 at 5:43 AM UTC, 5 min 11 s after block 963,137. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,579 transactions in 1.38 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 963,138 is number 1,507 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 509 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,862 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. Unknown found 18 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,144 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.