About block 963,456
Bitcoin block 963,456 was mined by SECPOOL on August 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM UTC, 32 min 19 s after block 963,455. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,065 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0619 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1869 BTC for this block.
Block 963,456 is number 1,825 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 191 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,544 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. SECPOOL found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,707 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.