About block 963,544
Bitcoin block 963,544 was mined by AntPool on August 22, 2026 at 6:21 AM UTC, 7 min 11 s after block 963,543. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,026 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 963,544 is number 1,913 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 103 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,456 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,580 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.