About block 963,669
Bitcoin block 963,669 was mined by AntPool on August 23, 2026 at 3:31 AM UTC, 6 min 12 s after block 963,668. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,937 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0094 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1344 BTC for this block.
Block 963,669 is number 22 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,331 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 10,395 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.