About block 963,663
Bitcoin block 963,663 was mined by BTC.com on August 23, 2026 at 2:55 AM UTC, 31 min 34 s after block 963,662. 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 4,078 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0288 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1538 BTC for this block.
Block 963,663 is number 16 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 2,000 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,337 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. BTC.com found 9 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,401 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.