About block 963,849
Bitcoin block 963,849 was mined by SpiderPool on August 24, 2026 at 11:11 AM UTC, 7 min 48 s after block 963,848. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,989 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0246 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1496 BTC for this block.
Block 963,849 is number 202 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,814 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,151 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,121 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.