About block 963,449
Bitcoin block 963,449 was mined by Luxor on August 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM UTC, 9 min 43 s after block 963,448. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,513 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0303 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1553 BTC for this block.
Block 963,449 is number 1,818 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 198 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,551 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. Luxor found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,719 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.