About block 963,655
Bitcoin block 963,655 was mined by F2Pool on August 23, 2026 at 1:34 AM UTC, 18 min 6 s after block 963,654. 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 4,650 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 963,655 is number 8 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 2,008 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,345 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 10,415 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.