About block 963,304
Bitcoin block 963,304 was mined by AntPool on August 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM UTC, 8 min 44 s after block 963,303. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,949 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 963,304 is number 1,673 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 343 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,696 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,923 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.