About block 963,163
Bitcoin block 963,163 was mined by SECPOOL on August 19, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTC, 6 min 5 s after block 963,162. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,363 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 963,163 is number 1,532 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 484 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,837 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,111 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.