About block 966,294
Bitcoin block 966,294 was mined by F2Pool on September 10, 2026 at 1:56 AM UTC, 11 min 9 s after block 966,293. 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 4,971 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0130 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1380 BTC for this block.
Block 966,294 is number 631 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,385 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,706 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. F2Pool found 153 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,672 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.