About block 963,863
Bitcoin block 963,863 was mined by AntPool on August 24, 2026 at 2:13 PM UTC, 18 min 43 s after block 963,862. 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 3,923 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0453 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1703 BTC for this block.
Block 963,863 is number 216 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,800 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,137 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,100 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.