About block 963,450
Bitcoin block 963,450 was mined by OCEAN on August 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM UTC, 3 min 55 s after block 963,449. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,461 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0220 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1470 BTC for this block.
Block 963,450 is number 1,819 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 197 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,550 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. OCEAN found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,718 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.