About block 963,245
Bitcoin block 963,245 was mined by AntPool on August 20, 2026 at 2:50 AM UTC, 18 min 13 s after block 963,244. 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 2,682 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0418 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1668 BTC for this block.
Block 963,245 is number 1,614 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 402 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,755 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 10,998 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.