About block 963,817
Bitcoin block 963,817 was mined by SECPOOL on August 24, 2026 at 5:41 AM UTC, 13 min 44 s after block 963,816. 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 5,321 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 963,817 is number 170 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,846 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,183 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,161 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.