About block 963,231
Bitcoin block 963,231 was mined by AntPool on August 19, 2026 at 10:28 PM UTC, 5 min 33 s after block 963,230. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,613 transactions in 1.96 MB (99.9% 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 0.0283 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1533 BTC for this block.
Block 963,231 is number 1,600 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 416 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,769 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,018 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.