About block 963,873
Bitcoin block 963,873 was mined by SpiderPool on August 24, 2026 at 3:42 PM UTC, 3 min 17 s after block 963,872. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,399 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0329 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1579 BTC for this block.
Block 963,873 is number 226 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,790 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,127 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 22 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 10,090 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.