About block 963,442
Bitcoin block 963,442 was mined by F2Pool on August 21, 2026 at 12:45 PM UTC, 3 min 18 s after block 963,441. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,054 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 963,442 is number 1,811 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 205 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,558 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 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,733 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.