About block 963,699
Bitcoin block 963,699 was mined by Luxor on August 23, 2026 at 8:30 AM UTC, 4 min 16 s after block 963,698. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,935 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 963,699 is number 52 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,964 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,301 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. Luxor found 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,339 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.