About block 963,197
Bitcoin block 963,197 was mined by AntPool on August 19, 2026 at 4:53 PM UTC, 4 min 8 s after block 963,196. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,306 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 963,197 is number 1,566 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 450 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,803 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 11,066 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.