About block 963,852
Bitcoin block 963,852 was mined by SECPOOL on August 24, 2026 at 11:24 AM UTC, 51 seconds after block 963,851. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,720 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.9% 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 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 963,852 is number 205 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,811 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,148 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,116 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.