About block 963,869
Bitcoin block 963,869 was mined by AntPool on August 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM UTC, 20 min 58 s after block 963,868. 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 4,583 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0414 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1664 BTC for this block.
Block 963,869 is number 222 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,794 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,131 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 10,094 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.