About block 963,588
Bitcoin block 963,588 was mined by ViaBTC on August 22, 2026 at 1:04 PM UTC, 30 min 47 s after block 963,587. 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 4,792 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0419 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1669 BTC for this block.
Block 963,588 is number 1,957 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 59 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,412 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,516 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.