About block 966,517
Bitcoin block 966,517 was mined by AntPool on September 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM UTC, 19 seconds after block 966,516. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,950 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 966,517 is number 854 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,162 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,483 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,348 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.