About block 963,656
Bitcoin block 963,656 was mined by SECPOOL on August 23, 2026 at 1:40 AM UTC, 5 min 53 s after block 963,655. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,390 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0098 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1348 BTC for this block.
Block 963,656 is number 9 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 2,007 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,344 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,414 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.