About block 963,196
Bitcoin block 963,196 was mined by SpiderPool on August 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM UTC, 2 min 47 s after block 963,195. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,196 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 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 963,196 is number 1,565 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 451 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,804 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,067 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.