About block 963,247
Bitcoin block 963,247 was mined by Binance Pool on August 20, 2026 at 2:57 AM UTC, 1 min 54 s after block 963,246. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,399 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 963,247 is number 1,616 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 400 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,753 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. Binance Pool found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,996 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.