About block 963,955
Bitcoin block 963,955 was mined by AntPool on August 25, 2026 at 5:30 AM UTC, 4 min 50 s after block 963,954. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,300 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0093 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1343 BTC for this block.
Block 963,955 is number 308 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,708 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,045 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 9,965 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.