About block 966,500
Bitcoin block 966,500 was mined by AntPool on September 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM UTC, 3 min 37 s after block 966,499. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,359 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 966,500 is number 837 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,179 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,500 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 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,378 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.