About block 964,841
Bitcoin block 964,841 was mined by ViaBTC on August 31, 2026 at 7:26 AM UTC, 26 min 13 s after block 964,840. 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 4,250 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0432 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1682 BTC for this block.
Block 964,841 is number 1,194 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 822 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,159 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,822 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.