About block 964,956
Bitcoin block 964,956 was mined by SpiderPool on August 31, 2026 at 11:53 PM UTC, 1 min 7 s after block 964,955. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,846 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0038 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1288 BTC for this block.
Block 964,956 is number 1,309 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 707 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,044 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,653 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.