About block 963,665
Bitcoin block 963,665 was mined by F2Pool on August 23, 2026 at 3:15 AM UTC, 3 min 23 s after block 963,664. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,427 transactions in 1.42 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 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 963,665 is number 18 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,998 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,335 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,399 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.