About block 963,579
Bitcoin block 963,579 was mined by F2Pool on August 22, 2026 at 11:31 AM UTC, 9 min 50 s after block 963,578. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,836 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 963,579 is number 1,948 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 68 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,421 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 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,533 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.