About block 966,509
Bitcoin block 966,509 was mined by F2Pool on September 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM UTC, 13 min 14 s after block 966,508. 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 3,818 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% 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 0.0288 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1538 BTC for this block.
Block 966,509 is number 846 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,170 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,491 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. F2Pool found 151 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,363 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.