About block 966,123
Bitcoin block 966,123 was mined by AntPool on September 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM UTC, 8 min 53 s after block 966,122. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,909 transactions in 2.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 966,123 is number 460 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,556 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,877 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,918 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.