About block 966,206
Bitcoin block 966,206 was mined by F2Pool on September 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM UTC, 3 min 16 s after block 966,205. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,304 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 966,206 is number 543 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,473 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,794 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.