About block 963,586
Bitcoin block 963,586 was mined by F2Pool on August 22, 2026 at 12:28 PM UTC, 7 min 17 s after block 963,585. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,429 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0130 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1380 BTC for this block.
Block 963,586 is number 1,955 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 61 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,414 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,522 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.