About block 963,698
Bitcoin block 963,698 was mined by SECPOOL on August 23, 2026 at 8:26 AM UTC, 40 min 27 s after block 963,697. 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 3,270 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0461 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1711 BTC for this block.
Block 963,698 is number 51 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,965 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,302 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 10,340 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.