About block 963,525
Bitcoin block 963,525 was mined by ViaBTC on August 22, 2026 at 3:57 AM UTC, 19 min 26 s after block 963,524. 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 4,373 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0285 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1535 BTC for this block.
Block 963,525 is number 1,894 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 122 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,475 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,606 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.