About block 963,226
Bitcoin block 963,226 was mined by AntPool on August 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM UTC, 2 min 55 s after block 963,225. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,185 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0348 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1598 BTC for this block.
Block 963,226 is number 1,595 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 421 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,774 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 11,026 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.