About block 963,853
Bitcoin block 963,853 was mined by SpiderPool on August 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM UTC, 3 min 47 s after block 963,852. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,508 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0046 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1296 BTC for this block.
Block 963,853 is number 206 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,810 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,147 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,115 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.