About block 963,601
Bitcoin block 963,601 was mined by SECPOOL on August 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC, 19 min 44 s after block 963,600. 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 4,228 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0491 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1741 BTC for this block.
Block 963,601 is number 1,970 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 46 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,399 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,496 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.