About block 963,843
Bitcoin block 963,843 was mined by F2Pool on August 24, 2026 at 9:50 AM UTC, 5 min 45 s after block 963,842. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,207 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 963,843 is number 196 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,820 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,157 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 10,127 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.