About block 964,944
Bitcoin block 964,944 was mined by ViaBTC on August 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM UTC, 2 min 6 s after block 964,943. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,942 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 964,944 is number 1,297 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 719 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,056 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 8,672 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.