About block 963,549
Bitcoin block 963,549 was mined by AntPool on August 22, 2026 at 6:51 AM UTC, 3 min 47 s after block 963,548. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,838 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0093 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1343 BTC for this block.
Block 963,549 is number 1,918 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 98 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,451 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,575 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.