About block 965,098
Bitcoin block 965,098 was mined by AntPool on September 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC, 17 min 29 s after block 965,097. 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 3,683 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0287 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1537 BTC for this block.
Block 965,098 is number 1,451 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 565 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,902 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 8,465 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.