About block 964,957
Bitcoin block 964,957 was mined by ViaBTC on August 31, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC, 3 min 18 s after block 964,956. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,514 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0082 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1332 BTC for this block.
Block 964,957 is number 1,310 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 706 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,043 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. ViaBTC found 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,652 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.