About block 963,598
Bitcoin block 963,598 was mined by SpiderPool on August 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM UTC, 19 min 34 s after block 963,597. 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 4,111 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0358 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1608 BTC for this block.
Block 963,598 is number 1,967 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 49 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,402 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 10,504 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.