About block 963,831
Bitcoin block 963,831 was mined by ViaBTC on August 24, 2026 at 7:49 AM UTC, 8 min 22 s after block 963,830. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,200 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 963,831 is number 184 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,832 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,169 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,146 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.