About block 966,176
Bitcoin block 966,176 was mined by MARA Pool on September 9, 2026 at 7:16 AM UTC, 10 min 8 s after block 966,175. 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 4,489 transactions in 1.69 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 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 966,176 is number 513 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,503 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,824 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. MARA Pool found 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,841 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.