About block 963,444
Bitcoin block 963,444 was mined by BTC.com on August 21, 2026 at 1:14 PM UTC, 6 min 52 s after block 963,443. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,872 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0322 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1572 BTC for this block.
Block 963,444 is number 1,813 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 203 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,556 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. BTC.com found 9 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,724 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.