About block 963,153
Bitcoin block 963,153 was mined by Luxor on August 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM UTC, 18 min 51 s after block 963,152. 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 3,750 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0280 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1530 BTC for this block.
Block 963,153 is number 1,522 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 494 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,847 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. Luxor found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,124 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.