About block 963,880
Bitcoin block 963,880 was mined by ViaBTC on August 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM UTC, 12 min 20 s after block 963,879. 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 3,348 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0474 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1724 BTC for this block.
Block 963,880 is number 233 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,783 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,120 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,077 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.