About block 963,246
Bitcoin block 963,246 was mined by MARA Pool on August 20, 2026 at 2:55 AM UTC, 5 min 17 s after block 963,245. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,406 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.9% 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 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 963,246 is number 1,615 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 401 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,754 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. MARA Pool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,997 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.