About block 963,146
Bitcoin block 963,146 was mined by SECPOOL on August 19, 2026 at 8:09 AM UTC, 66 min 25 s after block 963,145. 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 4,451 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0588 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1838 BTC for this block.
Block 963,146 is number 1,515 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 501 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,854 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. SECPOOL found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,136 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.