About block 966,535
Bitcoin block 966,535 was mined by MARA Pool on September 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM UTC, 7 min 9 s after block 966,534. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,619 transactions in 1.42 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 966,535 is number 872 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,144 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,465 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 6,324 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.