About block 963,678
Bitcoin block 963,678 was mined by MARA Pool on August 23, 2026 at 4:51 AM UTC, 14 min 26 s after block 963,677. 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 4,255 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 963,678 is number 31 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,985 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,322 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 10,375 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.