About block 963,116
Bitcoin block 963,116 was mined by AntPool on August 19, 2026 at 2:19 AM UTC, 45 min 21 s after block 963,115. 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 4,223 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0502 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1752 BTC for this block.
Block 963,116 is number 1,485 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 531 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,884 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,175 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.