About block 963,906
Bitcoin block 963,906 was mined by NiceHash on August 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM UTC, 4 min 10 s after block 963,905. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,165 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 963,906 is number 259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,094 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 10,039 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.