About block 963,237
Bitcoin block 963,237 was mined by SpiderPool on August 20, 2026 at 1:02 AM UTC, 36 min 41 s after block 963,236. 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 3,938 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0527 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1777 BTC for this block.
Block 963,237 is number 1,606 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 410 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,763 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,012 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.