About block 966,202
Bitcoin block 966,202 was mined by AntPool on September 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM UTC, 38 min 35 s after block 966,201. 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 4,061 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0529 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1779 BTC for this block.
Block 966,202 is number 539 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,477 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,798 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,801 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.