About block 963,189
Bitcoin block 963,189 was mined by Luxor on August 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM UTC, 2 min 23 s after block 963,188. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,502 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 963,189 is number 1,558 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 458 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,811 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. Luxor found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,076 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.