About block 963,323
Bitcoin block 963,323 was mined by AntPool on August 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM UTC, 2 min 21 s after block 963,322. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,793 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0250 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1500 BTC for this block.
Block 963,323 is number 1,692 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 324 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,677 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 10,897 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.