About block 964,946
Bitcoin block 964,946 was mined by MARA Pool on August 31, 2026 at 10:23 PM UTC, 9 min 54 s after block 964,945. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,312 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% 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 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 964,946 is number 1,299 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 717 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,054 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. MARA Pool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,670 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.