About block 963,242
Bitcoin block 963,242 was mined by SpiderPool on August 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM UTC, 15 min 31 s after block 963,241. 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 3,026 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0312 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1562 BTC for this block.
Block 963,242 is number 1,611 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 405 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,758 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 11,006 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.