About block 963,509
Bitcoin block 963,509 was mined by Poolin on August 22, 2026 at 1:11 AM UTC, 8 min 38 s after block 963,508. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,842 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0216 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Poolin earned 3.1466 BTC for this block.
Block 963,509 is number 1,878 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 138 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,491 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. Poolin found 4 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,628 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.