About block 966,228
Bitcoin block 966,228 was mined by AntPool on September 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM UTC, 14 min 43 s after block 966,227. 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 4,079 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0300 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1550 BTC for this block.
Block 966,228 is number 565 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,451 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,772 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,767 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.