About block 963,903
Bitcoin block 963,903 was mined by NiceHash on August 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM UTC, 20 min 34 s after block 963,902. 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 4,440 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0418 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1668 BTC for this block.
Block 963,903 is number 256 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,760 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,097 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,042 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.