About block 966,570
Bitcoin block 966,570 was mined by AntPool on September 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM UTC, 5 min 53 s after block 966,569. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,608 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 966,570 is number 907 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,109 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,430 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 6,276 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.