About block 964,601
Bitcoin block 964,601 was mined by ViaBTC on August 29, 2026 at 5:32 PM UTC, 43 min 56 s after block 964,600. 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 4,144 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0505 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1755 BTC for this block.
Block 964,601 is number 954 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,062 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,399 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. ViaBTC found 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9,158 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.