About block 966,196
Bitcoin block 966,196 was mined by F2Pool on September 9, 2026 at 11:31 AM UTC, 3 min 26 s after block 966,195. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,962 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 966,196 is number 533 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,483 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,804 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. F2Pool found 159 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,810 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.