About block 963,776
Bitcoin block 963,776 was mined by AntPool on August 23, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC, 25 min 47 s after block 963,775. 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 4,341 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0314 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1564 BTC for this block.
Block 963,776 is number 129 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,887 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,224 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,227 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.