About block 963,716
Bitcoin block 963,716 was mined by SpiderPool on August 23, 2026 at 11:19 AM UTC, 1 min 42 s after block 963,715. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,249 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 963,716 is number 69 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,947 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,284 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,318 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.