About block 963,894
Bitcoin block 963,894 was mined by AntPool on August 24, 2026 at 6:40 PM UTC, 10 min 44 s after block 963,893. 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 4,048 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0306 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1556 BTC for this block.
Block 963,894 is number 247 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,769 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,106 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,061 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.