About block 963,265
Bitcoin block 963,265 was mined by AntPool on August 20, 2026 at 6:15 AM UTC, 1 min 52 s after block 963,264. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,960 transactions in 1.90 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0072 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1322 BTC for this block.
Block 963,265 is number 1,634 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 382 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,735 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 10,976 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.