About block 963,981
Bitcoin block 963,981 was mined by AntPool on August 25, 2026 at 9:42 AM UTC, 31 min 14 s after block 963,980. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,045 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0551 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1801 BTC for this block.
Block 963,981 is number 334 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,682 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,019 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 9,919 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.