About block 963,254
Bitcoin block 963,254 was mined by F2Pool on August 20, 2026 at 4:21 AM UTC, 10 min 59 s after block 963,253. 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 5,435 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 963,254 is number 1,623 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 393 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,746 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 10,989 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.