About block 963,453
Bitcoin block 963,453 was mined by Binance Pool on August 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM UTC, 9 min 13 s after block 963,452. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,706 transactions in 1.47 MB (88.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 963,453 is number 1,822 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 194 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,547 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. Binance Pool found 6 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,713 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.