About block 964,896
Bitcoin block 964,896 was mined by ViaBTC on August 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM UTC, 10 min 20 s after block 964,895. 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 3,849 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0254 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1504 BTC for this block.
Block 964,896 is number 1,249 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 767 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,104 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 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,744 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.