About block 963,948
Bitcoin block 963,948 was mined by AntPool on August 25, 2026 at 4:44 AM UTC, 7 min 38 s after block 963,947. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,586 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 963,948 is number 301 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,715 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,052 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,972 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.