About block 963,781
Bitcoin block 963,781 was mined by ViaBTC on August 23, 2026 at 11:34 PM UTC, 28 min 56 s after block 963,780. 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 4,234 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0369 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1619 BTC for this block.
Block 963,781 is number 134 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,882 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,219 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 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,217 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.