About block 963,472
Bitcoin block 963,472 was mined by F2Pool on August 21, 2026 at 5:28 PM UTC, 6 min 47 s after block 963,471. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,641 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0319 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1569 BTC for this block.
Block 963,472 is number 1,841 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 175 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,528 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 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,685 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.