About block 963,804
Bitcoin block 963,804 was mined by MARA Pool on August 24, 2026 at 3:57 AM UTC, 20 min 21 s after block 963,803. 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 4,545 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 963,804 is number 157 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,859 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,196 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. MARA Pool found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,179 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.