About block 963,154
Bitcoin block 963,154 was mined by AntPool on August 19, 2026 at 8:53 AM UTC, 1 min 8 s after block 963,153. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,653 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 963,154 is number 1,523 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 493 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,846 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 11,123 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.