About block 963,970
Bitcoin block 963,970 was mined by NiceHash on August 25, 2026 at 7:21 AM UTC, 6 min 55 s after block 963,969. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,368 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 963,970 is number 323 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,693 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,030 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,942 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.