About block 963,302
Bitcoin block 963,302 was mined by AntPool on August 20, 2026 at 11:36 AM UTC, 8 min 50 s after block 963,301. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,211 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 963,302 is number 1,671 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 345 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,698 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,927 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.