About block 963,454
Bitcoin block 963,454 was mined by SpiderPool on August 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM UTC, 9 min 54 s after block 963,453. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,742 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0280 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1530 BTC for this block.
Block 963,454 is number 1,823 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 193 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,546 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,713 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.