About block 964,917
Bitcoin block 964,917 was mined by SpiderPool on August 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM UTC, 9 min 29 s after block 964,916. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,937 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0420 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1670 BTC for this block.
Block 964,917 is number 1,270 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 746 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,083 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. SpiderPool found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,718 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.