About block 963,156
Bitcoin block 963,156 was mined by SpiderPool on August 19, 2026 at 9:22 AM UTC, 23 min 35 s after block 963,155. 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 3,729 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0372 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1622 BTC for this block.
Block 963,156 is number 1,525 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 491 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,844 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. SpiderPool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,121 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.