About block 963,503
Bitcoin block 963,503 was mined by F2Pool on August 22, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC, 22 min 51 s after block 963,502. 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 4,175 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0485 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1735 BTC for this block.
Block 963,503 is number 1,872 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 144 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,497 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 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,638 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.