About block 964,861
Bitcoin block 964,861 was mined by AntPool on August 31, 2026 at 9:36 AM UTC, 4 min 34 s after block 964,860. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,916 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 964,861 is number 1,214 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 802 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,139 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. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,795 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.