About block 963,712
Bitcoin block 963,712 was mined by AntPool on August 23, 2026 at 10:56 AM UTC, 15 min 10 s after block 963,711. 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 3,726 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0200 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1450 BTC for this block.
Block 963,712 is number 65 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,951 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,288 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,322 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.