About block 963,223
Bitcoin block 963,223 was mined by SECPOOL on August 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM UTC, 17 min 51 s after block 963,222. 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 3,169 transactions in 1.47 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 0.0440 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1690 BTC for this block.
Block 963,223 is number 1,592 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 424 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,777 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,029 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.