About block 966,235
Bitcoin block 966,235 was mined by AntPool on September 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM UTC, 1 min 43 s after block 966,234. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,755 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0147 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1397 BTC for this block.
Block 966,235 is number 572 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,444 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,765 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,760 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.