About block 963,879
Bitcoin block 963,879 was mined by SpiderPool on August 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM UTC, 10 min 12 s after block 963,878. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,520 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0311 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1561 BTC for this block.
Block 963,879 is number 232 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,784 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,121 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,078 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.