About block 965,971
Bitcoin block 965,971 was mined by F2Pool on September 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM UTC, 16 min 7 s after block 965,970. 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 4,040 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0291 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1541 BTC for this block.
Block 965,971 is number 308 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,708 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,029 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. F2Pool found 156 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7,146 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.