About block 963,573
Bitcoin block 963,573 was mined by SECPOOL on August 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTC, 4 min 35 s after block 963,572. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,188 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 963,573 is number 1,942 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 74 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,427 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,539 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.