About block 964,974
Bitcoin block 964,974 was mined by AntPool on September 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM UTC, 29 min 57 s after block 964,973. 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 2,862 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0349 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1599 BTC for this block.
Block 964,974 is number 1,327 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 689 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,026 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. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,632 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.