About block 964,504
Bitcoin block 964,504 was mined by MARA Pool on August 29, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC, 6 min 48 s after block 964,503. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,022 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0110 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1360 BTC for this block.
Block 964,504 is number 857 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,159 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,496 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. MARA Pool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,255 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.