About block 966,213
Bitcoin block 966,213 was mined by F2Pool on September 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM UTC, 3 min 32 s after block 966,212. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,184 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 9.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0392 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1642 BTC for this block.
Block 966,213 is number 550 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,466 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,787 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. F2Pool found 159 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,785 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.