About block 963,685
Bitcoin block 963,685 was mined by AntPool on August 23, 2026 at 5:27 AM UTC, 1 min 42 s after block 963,684. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,857 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 963,685 is number 38 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,978 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,315 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,360 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.