About block 963,257
Bitcoin block 963,257 was mined by Luxor on August 20, 2026 at 4:51 AM UTC, 1 min 10 s after block 963,256. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,670 transactions in 2.03 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0095 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1345 BTC for this block.
Block 963,257 is number 1,626 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 390 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,743 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. Luxor found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,984 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.