About block 963,261
Bitcoin block 963,261 was mined by F2Pool on August 20, 2026 at 5:42 AM UTC, 10 min 41 s after block 963,260. 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 4,789 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0251 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1501 BTC for this block.
Block 963,261 is number 1,630 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 386 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,739 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,980 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.