About block 963,582
Bitcoin block 963,582 was mined by SpiderPool on August 22, 2026 at 11:53 AM UTC, 2 min 3 s after block 963,581. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,630 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% 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 0.0101 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1351 BTC for this block.
Block 963,582 is number 1,951 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 65 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,418 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. SpiderPool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,530 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.