About block 963,630
Bitcoin block 963,630 was mined by AntPool on August 22, 2026 at 8:12 PM UTC, 27 min 14 s after block 963,629. 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 4,350 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0368 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1618 BTC for this block.
Block 963,630 is number 1,999 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 17 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,370 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,453 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.