About block 964,948
Bitcoin block 964,948 was mined by Unknown on August 31, 2026 at 10:38 PM UTC, 4 min 16 s after block 964,947. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,320 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0091 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1341 BTC for this block.
Block 964,948 is number 1,301 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 715 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,052 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. Unknown found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,668 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.