About block 963,492
Bitcoin block 963,492 was mined by SpiderPool on August 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM UTC, 34 seconds after block 963,491. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,650 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0300 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1550 BTC for this block.
Block 963,492 is number 1,861 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 155 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,508 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,652 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.