About block 964,877
Bitcoin block 964,877 was mined by MARA Pool on August 31, 2026 at 12:39 PM UTC, 16 min 5 s after block 964,876. 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 4,224 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% 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 0.0326 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1576 BTC for this block.
Block 964,877 is number 1,230 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 786 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,123 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,776 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.