About block 963,150
Bitcoin block 963,150 was mined by AntPool on August 19, 2026 at 8:31 AM UTC, 5 min 0 s after block 963,149. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,294 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.9% 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 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 963,150 is number 1,519 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 497 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,850 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,127 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.