About block 963,916
Bitcoin block 963,916 was mined by AntPool on August 24, 2026 at 11:09 PM UTC, 4 min 42 s after block 963,915. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,370 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 963,916 is number 269 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,747 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,084 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,022 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.