About block 966,259
Bitcoin block 966,259 was mined by AntPool on September 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM UTC, 18 min 27 s after block 966,258. 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 4,344 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0336 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1586 BTC for this block.
Block 966,259 is number 596 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,420 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,741 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,724 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.