About block 963,683
Bitcoin block 963,683 was mined by AntPool on August 23, 2026 at 5:07 AM UTC, 6 min 42 s after block 963,682. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,193 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0114 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1364 BTC for this block.
Block 963,683 is number 36 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,980 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,317 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,365 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.