About block 965,961
Bitcoin block 965,961 was mined by AntPool on September 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM UTC, 7 min 45 s after block 965,960. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,457 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.9% 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 0.0203 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1453 BTC for this block.
Block 965,961 is number 298 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,718 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,039 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7,156 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.