About block 963,840
Bitcoin block 963,840 was mined by F2Pool on August 24, 2026 at 9:31 AM UTC, 15 min 15 s after block 963,839. 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 4,436 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0247 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1497 BTC for this block.
Block 963,840 is number 193 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,823 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,160 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 10,130 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.