About block 963,599
Bitcoin block 963,599 was mined by F2Pool on August 22, 2026 at 2:44 PM UTC, 4 min 25 s after block 963,598. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,180 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 963,599 is number 1,968 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 48 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,401 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 10,502 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.