About block 963,331
Bitcoin block 963,331 was mined by MARA Pool on August 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM UTC, 21 min 44 s after block 963,330. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,076 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0456 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1706 BTC for this block.
Block 963,331 is number 1,700 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 316 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,669 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,883 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.