About block 963,884
Bitcoin block 963,884 was mined by SpiderPool on August 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM UTC, 26 seconds after block 963,883. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,660 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 963,884 is number 237 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,779 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,116 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,073 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.