About block 963,730
Bitcoin block 963,730 was mined by MARA Pool on August 23, 2026 at 1:52 PM UTC, 17 min 21 s after block 963,729. 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 4,746 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0222 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1472 BTC for this block.
Block 963,730 is number 83 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,933 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,270 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 10,297 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.