About block 963,677
Bitcoin block 963,677 was mined by F2Pool on August 23, 2026 at 4:36 AM UTC, 8 min 42 s after block 963,676. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,839 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 963,677 is number 30 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,986 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,323 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,376 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.