About block 963,363
Bitcoin block 963,363 was mined by SpiderPool on August 21, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC, 14 min 48 s after block 963,362. 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 3,960 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0458 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1708 BTC for this block.
Block 963,363 is number 1,732 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 284 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,637 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. SpiderPool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,840 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.