About block 963,890
Bitcoin block 963,890 was mined by ViaBTC on August 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM UTC, 2 min 40 s after block 963,889. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,316 transactions in 1.90 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 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 963,890 is number 243 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,773 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,110 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,065 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.