About block 964,497
Bitcoin block 964,497 was mined by ViaBTC on August 29, 2026 at 12:04 AM UTC, 13 min 19 s after block 964,496. 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 4,395 transactions in 1.69 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 0.0283 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1533 BTC for this block.
Block 964,497 is number 850 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,166 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,503 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 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,262 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.