About block 966,472
Bitcoin block 966,472 was mined by NiceHash on September 11, 2026 at 7:18 AM UTC, 9 min 59 s after block 966,471. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,214 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 966,472 is number 809 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,207 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,528 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,421 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.