About block 966,197
Bitcoin block 966,197 was mined by F2Pool on September 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM UTC, 5 min 21 s after block 966,196. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,884 transactions in 1.56 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, F2Pool earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 966,197 is number 534 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,482 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,803 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 6,809 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.