About block 964,173
Bitcoin block 964,173 was mined by SECPOOL on August 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM UTC, 1 min 42 s after block 964,172. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,477 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0072 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1322 BTC for this block.
Block 964,173 is number 526 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,490 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,827 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. SECPOOL found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,631 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.