About block 963,956
Bitcoin block 963,956 was mined by SpiderPool on August 25, 2026 at 5:41 AM UTC, 11 min 7 s after block 963,955. 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 5,065 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 963,956 is number 309 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,707 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,044 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. SpiderPool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,964 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.