About block 963,909
Bitcoin block 963,909 was mined by AntPool on August 24, 2026 at 9:33 PM UTC, 3 min 47 s after block 963,908. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,316 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 963,909 is number 262 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,754 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,091 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 10,036 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.