About block 963,296
Bitcoin block 963,296 was mined by SECPOOL on August 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM UTC, 7 min 40 s after block 963,295. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,902 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0187 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1437 BTC for this block.
Block 963,296 is number 1,665 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 351 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,704 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. SECPOOL found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,934 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.