About block 966,562
Bitcoin block 966,562 was mined by AntPool on September 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM UTC, 9 min 34 s after block 966,561. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,019 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 966,562 is number 899 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,117 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,438 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,284 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.