About block 963,657
Bitcoin block 963,657 was mined by F2Pool on August 23, 2026 at 1:48 AM UTC, 7 min 36 s after block 963,656. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,542 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 963,657 is number 10 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 2,006 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,343 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 10,413 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.