About block 964,899
Bitcoin block 964,899 was mined by ViaBTC on August 31, 2026 at 3:10 PM UTC, 7 min 16 s after block 964,898. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,987 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 964,899 is number 1,252 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 764 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,101 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 8,741 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.