About block 963,605
Bitcoin block 963,605 was mined by F2Pool on August 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM UTC, 4 min 18 s after block 963,604. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,300 transactions in 1.51 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 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 963,605 is number 1,974 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 42 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,395 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 10,492 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.