About block 963,043
Bitcoin block 963,043 was mined by AntPool on August 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM UTC, 19 min 12 s after block 963,042. 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 4,678 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0280 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1530 BTC for this block.
Block 963,043 is number 1,412 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 604 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,957 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,283 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.