About block 964,977
Bitcoin block 964,977 was mined by SpiderPool on September 1, 2026 at 3:50 AM UTC, 10 min 7 s after block 964,976. 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 5,142 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 964,977 is number 1,330 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 686 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,023 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,629 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.