About block 963,173
Bitcoin block 963,173 was mined by ViaBTC on August 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM UTC, 10 min 28 s after block 963,172. 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 3,520 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0476 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1726 BTC for this block.
Block 963,173 is number 1,542 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 474 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,827 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. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,097 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.