About block 963,950
Bitcoin block 963,950 was mined by F2Pool on August 25, 2026 at 5:01 AM UTC, 10 min 7 s after block 963,949. 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 4,091 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 963,950 is number 303 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,713 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,050 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,970 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.