About block 963,965
Bitcoin block 963,965 was mined by MARA Pool on August 25, 2026 at 6:49 AM UTC, 2 min 51 s after block 963,964. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 771 transactions in 1.37 MB (99.9% 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 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 963,965 is number 318 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,698 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,035 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. MARA Pool found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,947 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.