About block 963,638
Bitcoin block 963,638 was mined by AntPool on August 22, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTC, 14 min 53 s after block 963,637. 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 4,634 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 963,638 is number 2,007 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 9 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,362 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,441 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.