About block 963,034
Bitcoin block 963,034 was mined by F2Pool on August 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTC, 21 min 0 s after block 963,033. 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 4,388 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0291 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1541 BTC for this block.
Block 963,034 is number 1,403 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 613 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,966 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,295 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.