About block 963,697
Bitcoin block 963,697 was mined by AntPool on August 23, 2026 at 7:46 AM UTC, 10 min 17 s after block 963,696. 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 4,866 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 963,697 is number 50 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,966 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,303 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,341 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.