About block 963,861
Bitcoin block 963,861 was mined by AntPool on August 24, 2026 at 1:38 PM UTC, 7 min 51 s after block 963,860. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,983 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0303 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1553 BTC for this block.
Block 963,861 is number 214 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,802 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,139 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,107 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.