About block 964,897
Bitcoin block 964,897 was mined by AntPool on August 31, 2026 at 2:49 PM UTC, 9 min 42 s after block 964,896. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,033 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 964,897 is number 1,250 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 766 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,103 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,743 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.