About block 963,821
Bitcoin block 963,821 was mined by F2Pool on August 24, 2026 at 6:27 AM UTC, 20 min 35 s after block 963,820. 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 4,549 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 963,821 is number 174 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,842 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,179 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,157 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.