About block 963,427
Bitcoin block 963,427 was mined by SpiderPool on August 21, 2026 at 11:15 AM UTC, 25 min 23 s after block 963,426. 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 4,091 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0597 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1847 BTC for this block.
Block 963,427 is number 1,796 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 220 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,573 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 10,756 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.