About block 964,259
Bitcoin block 964,259 was mined by NiceHash on August 27, 2026 at 7:15 AM UTC, 13 min 49 s after block 964,258. 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 4,088 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 964,259 is number 612 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,404 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,741 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,504 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.