About block 963,816
Bitcoin block 963,816 was mined by ViaBTC on August 24, 2026 at 5:27 AM UTC, 13 min 2 s after block 963,815. 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 5,294 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0147 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1397 BTC for this block.
Block 963,816 is number 169 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,847 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,184 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 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,162 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.