About block 963,498
Bitcoin block 963,498 was mined by F2Pool on August 21, 2026 at 11:46 PM UTC, 9 min 45 s after block 963,497. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,596 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0444 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1694 BTC for this block.
Block 963,498 is number 1,867 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 149 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,502 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 168 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,645 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.