About block 963,421
Bitcoin block 963,421 was mined by Binance Pool on August 21, 2026 at 10:06 AM UTC, 11 min 0 s after block 963,420. 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 3,930 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0378 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1628 BTC for this block.
Block 963,421 is number 1,790 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 226 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,579 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. Binance Pool found 6 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,762 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.