About block 964,840
Bitcoin block 964,840 was mined by AntPool on August 31, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC, 12 min 47 s after block 964,839. 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 3,848 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 964,840 is number 1,193 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 823 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,160 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. AntPool found 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,823 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.