About block 963,653
Bitcoin block 963,653 was mined by F2Pool on August 23, 2026 at 1:14 AM UTC, 4 min 57 s after block 963,652. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,543 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 963,653 is number 6 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 2,010 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,347 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 10,417 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.