About block 966,574
Bitcoin block 966,574 was mined by F2Pool on September 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM UTC, 19 min 16 s after block 966,573. 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 4,309 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0238 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1488 BTC for this block.
Block 966,574 is number 911 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,105 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,426 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 158 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,265 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.