About block 963,742
Bitcoin block 963,742 was mined by ViaBTC on August 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM UTC, 47 min 33 s after block 963,741. 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 4,354 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0567 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1817 BTC for this block.
Block 963,742 is number 95 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,921 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,258 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,282 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.