About block 963,687
Bitcoin block 963,687 was mined by SpiderPool on August 23, 2026 at 5:58 AM UTC, 23 min 55 s after block 963,686. 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 4,846 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 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 963,687 is number 40 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,976 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,313 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,358 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.