About block 963,603
Bitcoin block 963,603 was mined by F2Pool on August 22, 2026 at 4:06 PM UTC, 18 min 16 s after block 963,602. 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 4,571 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0436 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1686 BTC for this block.
Block 963,603 is number 1,972 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 44 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,397 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 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,494 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.