About block 963,670
Bitcoin block 963,670 was mined by ViaBTC on August 23, 2026 at 3:51 AM UTC, 19 min 36 s after block 963,669. 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 3,905 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0200 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1450 BTC for this block.
Block 963,670 is number 23 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,993 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,330 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 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,394 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.