About block 964,902
Bitcoin block 964,902 was mined by AntPool on August 31, 2026 at 3:58 PM UTC, 20 min 23 s after block 964,901. 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 4,304 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0355 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1605 BTC for this block.
Block 964,902 is number 1,255 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 761 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,098 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,738 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.