About block 963,866
Bitcoin block 963,866 was mined by AntPool on August 24, 2026 at 2:26 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 963,865. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,173 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0187 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1437 BTC for this block.
Block 963,866 is number 219 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,797 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,134 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,097 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.