About block 963,604
Bitcoin block 963,604 was mined by Luxor on August 22, 2026 at 4:07 PM UTC, 1 min 12 s after block 963,603. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,464 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 963,604 is number 1,973 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 43 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,396 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. Luxor found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,493 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.