About block 963,459
Bitcoin block 963,459 was mined by ViaBTC on August 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM UTC, 13 min 21 s after block 963,458. 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 4,374 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0629 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1879 BTC for this block.
Block 963,459 is number 1,828 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 188 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,541 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,704 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.