About block 963,218
Bitcoin block 963,218 was mined by SpiderPool on August 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM UTC, 18 min 33 s after block 963,217. 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 4,329 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0417 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1667 BTC for this block.
Block 963,218 is number 1,587 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 429 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,782 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,039 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.