About block 963,505
Bitcoin block 963,505 was mined by NiceHash on August 22, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC, 1 min 28 s after block 963,504. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,985 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 963,505 is number 1,874 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 142 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,495 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,632 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.