About block 963,976
Bitcoin block 963,976 was mined by Unknown on August 25, 2026 at 8:59 AM UTC, 8 min 52 s after block 963,975. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,616 transactions in 1.49 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 0.0417 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1667 BTC for this block.
Block 963,976 is number 329 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,687 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,024 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,924 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.