About block 963,229
Bitcoin block 963,229 was mined by Unknown on August 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM UTC, 30 min 26 s after block 963,228. 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 3,916 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0660 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1910 BTC for this block.
Block 963,229 is number 1,598 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 418 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,771 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. Unknown found 19 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,023 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.