About block 963,326
Bitcoin block 963,326 was mined by ViaBTC on August 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM UTC, 26 seconds after block 963,325. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,457 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 963,326 is number 1,695 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 321 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,674 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. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,890 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.