About block 964,987
Bitcoin block 964,987 was mined by SpiderPool on September 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM UTC, 8 min 30 s after block 964,986. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,939 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 964,987 is number 1,340 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 676 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 85,013 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 8,615 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.