About block 963,721
Bitcoin block 963,721 was mined by MARA Pool on August 23, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTC, 4 min 59 s after block 963,720. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,064 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 963,721 is number 74 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,942 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,279 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. MARA Pool found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,306 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.