About block 966,524
Bitcoin block 966,524 was mined by MARA Pool on September 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM UTC, 10 min 59 s after block 966,523. 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 4,270 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0494 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1744 BTC for this block.
Block 966,524 is number 861 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,155 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,476 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. MARA Pool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,341 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.