About block 963,274
Bitcoin block 963,274 was mined by AntPool on August 20, 2026 at 8:33 AM UTC, 7 min 40 s after block 963,273. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,114 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0246 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1496 BTC for this block.
Block 963,274 is number 1,643 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 373 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,726 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,960 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.