About block 963,898
Bitcoin block 963,898 was mined by ViaBTC on August 24, 2026 at 7:47 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 963,897. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,276 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 963,898 is number 251 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,765 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,102 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 10,057 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.