About block 965,957
Bitcoin block 965,957 was mined by AntPool on September 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM UTC, 16 min 0 s after block 965,956. 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 3,990 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0390 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1640 BTC for this block.
Block 965,957 is number 294 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,722 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,043 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7,167 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.