About block 963,949
Bitcoin block 963,949 was mined by Binance Pool on August 25, 2026 at 4:50 AM UTC, 6 min 38 s after block 963,948. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 661 transactions in 0.38 MB (24.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0056 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1306 BTC for this block.
Block 963,949 is number 302 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,714 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,051 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. Binance Pool found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,971 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.