About block 963,889
Bitcoin block 963,889 was mined by F2Pool on August 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM UTC, 9 min 20 s after block 963,888. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,235 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 963,889 is number 242 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,774 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,111 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,066 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.