About block 963,249
Bitcoin block 963,249 was mined by BTC.com on August 20, 2026 at 3:36 AM UTC, 11 min 32 s after block 963,248. 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 3,138 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% 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 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 963,249 is number 1,618 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 398 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,751 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,994 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.