About block 963,897
Bitcoin block 963,897 was mined by BTC.com on August 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC, 43 min 57 s after block 963,896. 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 4,230 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0621 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1871 BTC for this block.
Block 963,897 is number 250 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,766 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,103 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. BTC.com found 11 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,058 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.