About block 963,941
Bitcoin block 963,941 was mined by F2Pool on August 25, 2026 at 4:01 AM UTC, 13 min 25 s after block 963,940. 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 4,052 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0458 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1708 BTC for this block.
Block 963,941 is number 294 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,722 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,059 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 9,987 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.