About block 966,246
Bitcoin block 966,246 was mined by AntPool on September 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM UTC, 13 min 46 s after block 966,245. 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 4,579 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0301 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1551 BTC for this block.
Block 966,246 is number 583 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,433 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,754 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 6,740 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.