About block 963,501
Bitcoin block 963,501 was mined by AntPool on August 22, 2026 at 12:10 AM UTC, 5 min 24 s after block 963,500. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,797 transactions in 1.29 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0310 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1560 BTC for this block.
Block 963,501 is number 1,870 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 146 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,499 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,640 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.