About block 964,516
Bitcoin block 964,516 was mined by SpiderPool on August 29, 2026 at 2:38 AM UTC, 4 min 22 s after block 964,515. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,249 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 964,516 is number 869 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,147 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,484 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. SpiderPool found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,247 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.