About block 964,176
Bitcoin block 964,176 was mined by ViaBTC on August 26, 2026 at 5:24 PM UTC, 16 min 22 s after block 964,175. 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 4,731 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0338 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1588 BTC for this block.
Block 964,176 is number 529 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,487 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,824 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 9,622 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.