About block 963,612
Bitcoin block 963,612 was mined by AntPool on August 22, 2026 at 5:34 PM UTC, 22 min 39 s after block 963,611. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,827 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0394 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1644 BTC for this block.
Block 963,612 is number 1,981 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 35 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,388 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 10,477 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.