About block 963,971
Bitcoin block 963,971 was mined by AntPool on August 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM UTC, 8 min 41 s after block 963,970. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,770 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 963,971 is number 324 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,692 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,029 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,929 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.