About block 963,672
Bitcoin block 963,672 was mined by MARA Pool on August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC, 2 min 26 s after block 963,671. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,908 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0073 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1323 BTC for this block.
Block 963,672 is number 25 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,991 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,328 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. MARA Pool found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,381 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.