About block 963,798
Bitcoin block 963,798 was mined by SpiderPool on August 24, 2026 at 2:58 AM UTC, 6 min 8 s after block 963,797. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,071 transactions in 2.08 MB (99.8% 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 0.0200 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1450 BTC for this block.
Block 963,798 is number 151 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,865 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,202 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,193 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.