About block 963,443
Bitcoin block 963,443 was mined by SpiderPool on August 21, 2026 at 1:07 PM UTC, 22 min 23 s after block 963,442. 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 4,066 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0510 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1760 BTC for this block.
Block 963,443 is number 1,812 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 204 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,557 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 10,732 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.