About block 963,856
Bitcoin block 963,856 was mined by Unknown on August 24, 2026 at 12:22 PM UTC, 1 min 45 s after block 963,855. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,284 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 963,856 is number 209 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,807 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,144 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. Unknown found 14 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,112 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.