About block 963,440
Bitcoin block 963,440 was mined by ViaBTC on August 21, 2026 at 12:33 PM UTC, 4 min 35 s after block 963,439. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,608 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 963,440 is number 1,809 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 207 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,560 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. ViaBTC found 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,735 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.