About block 966,245
Bitcoin block 966,245 was mined by AntPool on September 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM UTC, 1 min 13 s after block 966,244. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,157 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 966,245 is number 582 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,434 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,755 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,741 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.