About block 963,334
Bitcoin block 963,334 was mined by MARA Pool on August 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM UTC, 14 min 23 s after block 963,333. 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 4,336 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0554 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1804 BTC for this block.
Block 963,334 is number 1,703 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 313 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,666 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 10,880 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.