About block 963,256
Bitcoin block 963,256 was mined by AntPool on August 20, 2026 at 4:50 AM UTC, 29 min 17 s after block 963,255. 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 3,839 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0319 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1569 BTC for this block.
Block 963,256 is number 1,625 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 391 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,744 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,985 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.