About block 963,504
Bitcoin block 963,504 was mined by Unknown on August 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC, 2 min 34 s after block 963,503. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,942 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 963,504 is number 1,873 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 143 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,496 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. Unknown found 17 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,633 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.