About block 963,899
Bitcoin block 963,899 was mined by F2Pool on August 24, 2026 at 8:01 PM UTC, 13 min 32 s after block 963,898. 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 4,027 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0350 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1600 BTC for this block.
Block 963,899 is number 252 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,764 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,101 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,046 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.