About block 963,868
Bitcoin block 963,868 was mined by F2Pool on August 24, 2026 at 2:32 PM UTC, 2 min 31 s after block 963,867. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,165 transactions in 1.82 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 0.0106 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1356 BTC for this block.
Block 963,868 is number 221 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,795 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,132 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 10,095 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.