About block 964,209
Bitcoin block 964,209 was mined by MARA Pool on August 26, 2026 at 10:40 PM UTC, 2 min 18 s after block 964,208. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,579 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0229 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1479 BTC for this block.
Block 964,209 is number 562 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,454 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,791 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. MARA Pool found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,576 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.