About block 963,695
Bitcoin block 963,695 was mined by SECPOOL on August 23, 2026 at 7:14 AM UTC, 11 min 16 s after block 963,694. 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 5,578 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 963,695 is number 48 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,968 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,305 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,345 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.