About block 963,215
Bitcoin block 963,215 was mined by AntPool on August 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM UTC, 11 min 43 s after block 963,214. 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 4,005 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0259 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1509 BTC for this block.
Block 963,215 is number 1,584 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 432 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,785 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,042 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.