About block 964,945
Bitcoin block 964,945 was mined by AntPool on August 31, 2026 at 10:13 PM UTC, 17 min 49 s after block 964,944. 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 4,284 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0306 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1556 BTC for this block.
Block 964,945 is number 1,298 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 718 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,055 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,671 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.