About block 963,217
Bitcoin block 963,217 was mined by F2Pool on August 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM UTC, 17 min 38 s after block 963,216. 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 4,100 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0287 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1537 BTC for this block.
Block 963,217 is number 1,586 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 430 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,783 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 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,040 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.