About block 963,409
Bitcoin block 963,409 was mined by SpiderPool on August 21, 2026 at 8:49 AM UTC, 5 min 7 s after block 963,408. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,683 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0441 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1691 BTC for this block.
Block 963,409 is number 1,778 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 238 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,591 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. SpiderPool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,780 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.