About block 966,219
Bitcoin block 966,219 was mined by Binance Pool on September 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM UTC, 5 min 37 s after block 966,218. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,142 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% 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 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 966,219 is number 556 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,460 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,781 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. Binance Pool found 11 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,779 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.