About block 963,250
Bitcoin block 963,250 was mined by SpiderPool on August 20, 2026 at 3:46 AM UTC, 9 min 48 s after block 963,249. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,110 transactions in 1.78 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 0.0202 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1452 BTC for this block.
Block 963,250 is number 1,619 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 397 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,750 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 10,993 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.