About block 963,157
Bitcoin block 963,157 was mined by F2Pool on August 19, 2026 at 9:42 AM UTC, 19 min 32 s after block 963,156. 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 4,667 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 963,157 is number 1,526 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 490 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,843 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 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,120 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.