About block 963,488
Bitcoin block 963,488 was mined by Binance Pool on August 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM UTC, 22 min 6 s after block 963,487. 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 4,006 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0782 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.2032 BTC for this block.
Block 963,488 is number 1,857 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 159 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,512 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. Binance Pool found 6 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,661 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.