About block 964,172
Bitcoin block 964,172 was mined by ViaBTC on August 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM UTC, 2 min 29 s after block 964,171. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,820 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0152 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1402 BTC for this block.
Block 964,172 is number 525 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,491 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,828 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,632 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.