About block 966,503
Bitcoin block 966,503 was mined by AntPool on September 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM UTC, 20 min 54 s after block 966,502. 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 4,397 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0349 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1599 BTC for this block.
Block 966,503 is number 840 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,176 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,497 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 6,369 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.