About block 966,109
Bitcoin block 966,109 was mined by F2Pool on September 8, 2026 at 8:56 PM UTC, 47 min 30 s after block 966,108. 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 3,864 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0817 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.2067 BTC for this block.
Block 966,109 is number 446 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,570 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,891 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 6,935 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.