About block 963,562
Bitcoin block 963,562 was mined by MARA Pool on August 22, 2026 at 8:22 AM UTC, 11 min 8 s after block 963,561. 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 3,715 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 963,562 is number 1,931 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 85 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,438 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. MARA Pool found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,556 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.