About block 963,951
Bitcoin block 963,951 was mined by AntPool on August 25, 2026 at 5:04 AM UTC, 3 min 55 s after block 963,950. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,417 transactions in 2.01 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 963,951 is number 304 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,712 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,049 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,969 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.