About block 963,736
Bitcoin block 963,736 was mined by SpiderPool on August 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM UTC, 2 min 28 s after block 963,735. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,047 transactions in 1.51 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 963,736 is number 89 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,927 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,264 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,288 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.