About block 963,942
Bitcoin block 963,942 was mined by SpiderPool on August 25, 2026 at 4:04 AM UTC, 3 min 24 s after block 963,941. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,098 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0319 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1569 BTC for this block.
Block 963,942 is number 295 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,721 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,058 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 9,986 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.