About block 966,541
Bitcoin block 966,541 was mined by MARA Pool on September 11, 2026 at 6:38 PM UTC, 1 min 34 s after block 966,540. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,907 transactions in 3.14 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0348 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1598 BTC for this block.
Block 966,541 is number 878 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,138 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,459 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. MARA Pool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,315 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.