About block 963,333
Bitcoin block 963,333 was mined by AntPool on August 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM UTC, 25 min 17 s after block 963,332. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,070 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0680 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1930 BTC for this block.
Block 963,333 is number 1,702 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 314 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,667 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,881 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.