About block 963,633
Bitcoin block 963,633 was mined by MARA Pool on August 22, 2026 at 8:53 PM UTC, 19 min 1 s after block 963,632. 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 3,664 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.9% 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 0.0331 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1581 BTC for this block.
Block 963,633 is number 2,002 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 14 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,367 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. MARA Pool found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,450 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.