About block 963,985
Bitcoin block 963,985 was mined by F2Pool on August 25, 2026 at 10:02 AM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 963,984. 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 4,275 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0260 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1510 BTC for this block.
Block 963,985 is number 338 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,678 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,015 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 9,910 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.