About block 963,576
Bitcoin block 963,576 was mined by MARA Pool on August 22, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC, 6 min 24 s after block 963,575. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,522 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% 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 0.0164 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1414 BTC for this block.
Block 963,576 is number 1,945 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 71 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,424 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 10,536 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.