About block 963,661
Bitcoin block 963,661 was mined by F2Pool on August 23, 2026 at 2:22 AM UTC, 29 min 25 s after block 963,660. 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 4,811 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0245 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1495 BTC for this block.
Block 963,661 is number 14 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 2,002 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,339 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,403 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.