About block 963,451
Bitcoin block 963,451 was mined by AntPool on August 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM UTC, 7 min 14 s after block 963,450. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,531 transactions in 1.70 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 0.0247 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1497 BTC for this block.
Block 963,451 is number 1,820 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 196 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,549 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,717 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.