About block 964,298
Bitcoin block 964,298 was mined by MARA Pool on August 27, 2026 at 12:25 PM UTC, 17 min 9 s after block 964,297. 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 4,674 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 964,298 is number 651 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,365 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,702 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,452 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.