About block 966,138
Bitcoin block 966,138 was mined by AntPool on September 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM UTC, 17 min 13 s after block 966,137. 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 4,267 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% 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 0.0213 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1463 BTC for this block.
Block 966,138 is number 475 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,541 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,862 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,898 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.