About block 963,435
Bitcoin block 963,435 was mined by F2Pool on August 21, 2026 at 12:06 PM UTC, 18 min 26 s after block 963,434. 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 4,393 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0471 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1721 BTC for this block.
Block 963,435 is number 1,804 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 212 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,565 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,743 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.