About block 964,603
Bitcoin block 964,603 was mined by AntPool on August 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM UTC, 9 min 44 s after block 964,602. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,831 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0467 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1717 BTC for this block.
Block 964,603 is number 956 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,060 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,397 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 9,156 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.