About block 963,538
Bitcoin block 963,538 was mined by ViaBTC on August 22, 2026 at 5:11 AM UTC, 14 min 31 s after block 963,537. 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 5,204 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 963,538 is number 1,907 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 109 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,462 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. ViaBTC found 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,591 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.