About block 963,356
Bitcoin block 963,356 was mined by Binance Pool on August 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC, 7 min 31 s after block 963,355. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,748 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0490 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1740 BTC for this block.
Block 963,356 is number 1,725 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 291 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,644 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 23 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Binance Pool found 6 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,851 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.