About block 963,175
Bitcoin block 963,175 was mined by ViaBTC on August 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM UTC, 2 min 33 s after block 963,174. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,761 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0329 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1579 BTC for this block.
Block 963,175 is number 1,544 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 472 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,825 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 11,095 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.