About block 963,248
Bitcoin block 963,248 was mined by SpiderPool on August 20, 2026 at 3:25 AM UTC, 27 min 53 s after block 963,247. 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 4,047 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0416 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1666 BTC for this block.
Block 963,248 is number 1,617 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 399 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,752 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,995 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.