About block 963,281
Bitcoin block 963,281 was mined by F2Pool on August 20, 2026 at 9:20 AM UTC, 8 min 22 s after block 963,280. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,543 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0091 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1341 BTC for this block.
Block 963,281 is number 1,650 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 366 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,719 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 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,951 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.