About block 964,244
Bitcoin block 964,244 was mined by SECPOOL on August 27, 2026 at 4:50 AM UTC, 21 min 46 s after block 964,243. 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 3,293 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0247 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1497 BTC for this block.
Block 964,244 is number 597 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,419 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,756 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,524 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.