About block 963,646
Bitcoin block 963,646 was mined by ViaBTC on August 22, 2026 at 11:33 PM UTC, 11 min 14 s after block 963,645. 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 4,538 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 963,646 is number 2,015 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,354 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. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,433 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.