About block 963,895
Bitcoin block 963,895 was mined by AntPool on August 24, 2026 at 7:03 PM UTC, 23 min 6 s after block 963,894. 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 3,567 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0504 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1754 BTC for this block.
Block 963,895 is number 248 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,768 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,105 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 10,060 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.