About block 963,749
Bitcoin block 963,749 was mined by SpiderPool on August 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM UTC, 27 min 1 s after block 963,748. 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 4,444 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0364 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1614 BTC for this block.
Block 963,749 is number 102 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,914 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,251 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,265 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.