About block 963,888
Bitcoin block 963,888 was mined by SpiderPool on August 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM UTC, 21 min 20 s after block 963,887. 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 4,474 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0368 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1618 BTC for this block.
Block 963,888 is number 241 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,775 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,112 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 10,067 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.