About block 963,176
Bitcoin block 963,176 was mined by AntPool on August 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM UTC, 8 min 23 s after block 963,175. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,337 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0337 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1587 BTC for this block.
Block 963,176 is number 1,545 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 471 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,824 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,094 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.