About block 963,227
Bitcoin block 963,227 was mined by SpiderPool on August 19, 2026 at 9:53 PM UTC, 3 min 14 s after block 963,226. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,124 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 963,227 is number 1,596 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 420 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,773 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,025 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.