About block 964,878
Bitcoin block 964,878 was mined by ViaBTC on August 31, 2026 at 12:53 PM UTC, 14 min 10 s after block 964,877. 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 4,290 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0290 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1540 BTC for this block.
Block 964,878 is number 1,231 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 785 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,122 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 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,775 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.