About block 963,931
Bitcoin block 963,931 was mined by SpiderPool on August 25, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC, 7 min 44 s after block 963,930. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,804 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 963,931 is number 284 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,732 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,069 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. SpiderPool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,002 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.