About block 966,605
Bitcoin block 966,605 was mined by F2Pool on September 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM UTC, 2 min 50 s after block 966,604. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,245 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 966,605 is number 942 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,074 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,395 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 6,224 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.