About block 963,999
Bitcoin block 963,999 was mined by SpiderPool on August 25, 2026 at 11:53 AM UTC, 18 min 5 s after block 963,998. 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 4,828 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% 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 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 963,999 is number 352 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,664 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,001 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,892 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.