About block 964,531
Bitcoin block 964,531 was mined by MARA Pool on August 29, 2026 at 5:19 AM UTC, 46 min 48 s after block 964,530. 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 4,568 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0442 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1692 BTC for this block.
Block 964,531 is number 884 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,132 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,469 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 9,236 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.