About block 966,603
Bitcoin block 966,603 was mined by F2Pool on September 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM UTC, 15 min 5 s after block 966,602. 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 4,301 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0147 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1397 BTC for this block.
Block 966,603 is number 940 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,076 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,397 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. F2Pool found 159 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,226 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.