About block 966,566
Bitcoin block 966,566 was mined by AntPool on September 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM UTC, 25 min 55 s after block 966,565. 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 3,065 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0442 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1692 BTC for this block.
Block 966,566 is number 903 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,113 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,434 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 6,280 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.