About block 963,911
Bitcoin block 963,911 was mined by SECPOOL on August 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM UTC, 17 min 48 s after block 963,910. 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 3,882 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0319 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1569 BTC for this block.
Block 963,911 is number 264 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,752 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,089 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,027 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.