About block 966,250
Bitcoin block 966,250 was mined by F2Pool on September 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM UTC, 2 min 1 s after block 966,249. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,128 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% 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 0.0067 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1317 BTC for this block.
Block 966,250 is number 587 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,429 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,750 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. F2Pool found 155 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,733 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.