About block 963,847
Bitcoin block 963,847 was mined by MARA Pool on August 24, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC, 8 min 18 s after block 963,846. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,175 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% 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 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 963,847 is number 200 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,816 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,153 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 10,123 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.