About block 963,301
Bitcoin block 963,301 was mined by SECPOOL on August 20, 2026 at 11:27 AM UTC, 2 min 8 s after block 963,300. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,503 transactions in 1.87 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 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 963,301 is number 1,670 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 346 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,699 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. SECPOOL found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,928 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.