About block 963,578
Bitcoin block 963,578 was mined by SpiderPool on August 22, 2026 at 11:21 AM UTC, 6 min 54 s after block 963,577. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,488 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 963,578 is number 1,947 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 69 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,422 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. SpiderPool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,534 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.