About block 963,584
Bitcoin block 963,584 was mined by SECPOOL on August 22, 2026 at 12:13 PM UTC, 16 min 36 s after block 963,583. 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 4,042 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 963,584 is number 1,953 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 63 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,416 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,524 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.