About block 966,205
Bitcoin block 966,205 was mined by F2Pool on September 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM UTC, 1 min 55 s after block 966,204. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,828 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 966,205 is number 542 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,474 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,795 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 6,797 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.