About block 963,461
Bitcoin block 963,461 was mined by AntPool on August 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM UTC, 2 min 48 s after block 963,460. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,123 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0299 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1549 BTC for this block.
Block 963,461 is number 1,830 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 186 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,539 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 10,702 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.