About block 963,052
Bitcoin block 963,052 was mined by F2Pool on August 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM UTC, 10 min 23 s after block 963,051. 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 5,322 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 963,052 is number 1,421 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 595 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,948 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,266 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.