About block 963,596
Bitcoin block 963,596 was mined by Unknown on August 22, 2026 at 1:56 PM UTC, 4 min 33 s after block 963,595. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,384 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0110 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1360 BTC for this block.
Block 963,596 is number 1,965 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 51 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,404 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. Unknown found 17 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,506 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.