About block 964,979
Bitcoin block 964,979 was mined by AntPool on September 1, 2026 at 4:24 AM UTC, 31 min 12 s after block 964,978. 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 4,150 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0267 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1517 BTC for this block.
Block 964,979 is number 1,332 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 684 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,021 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. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,623 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.