About block 963,491
Bitcoin block 963,491 was mined by AntPool on August 21, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC, 3 min 39 s after block 963,490. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,614 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0557 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1807 BTC for this block.
Block 963,491 is number 1,860 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 156 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,509 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 10,658 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.