About block 963,904
Bitcoin block 963,904 was mined by SECPOOL on August 24, 2026 at 8:37 PM UTC, 4 min 2 s after block 963,903. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,233 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 963,904 is number 257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,096 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,041 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.