About block 966,404
Bitcoin block 966,404 was mined by AntPool on September 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM UTC, 6 min 12 s after block 966,403. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,763 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 966,404 is number 741 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,275 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,596 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,513 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.