About block 966,497
Bitcoin block 966,497 was mined by F2Pool on September 11, 2026 at 10:50 AM UTC, 14 min 33 s after block 966,496. 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 3,766 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0251 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1501 BTC for this block.
Block 966,497 is number 834 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,182 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,503 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 149 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,381 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.