About block 964,966
Bitcoin block 964,966 was mined by MARA Pool on September 1, 2026 at 1:38 AM UTC, 17 min 6 s after block 964,965. 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 4,196 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 964,966 is number 1,319 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 697 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,034 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,640 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.