About block 963,306
Bitcoin block 963,306 was mined by MARA Pool on August 20, 2026 at 12:28 PM UTC, 7 min 59 s after block 963,305. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,888 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0315 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1565 BTC for this block.
Block 963,306 is number 1,675 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 341 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,694 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. MARA Pool found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,921 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.