About block 963,158
Bitcoin block 963,158 was mined by AntPool on August 19, 2026 at 10:08 AM UTC, 26 min 17 s after block 963,157. 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 4,862 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0441 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1691 BTC for this block.
Block 963,158 is number 1,527 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 489 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,842 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 11,119 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.