About block 963,701
Bitcoin block 963,701 was mined by F2Pool on August 23, 2026 at 8:46 AM UTC, 14 min 2 s after block 963,700. 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 4,532 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 963,701 is number 54 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,962 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,299 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 10,337 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.