About block 966,616
Bitcoin block 966,616 was mined by F2Pool on September 12, 2026 at 5:01 AM UTC, 10 min 58 s after block 966,615. 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 3,999 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 966,616 is number 953 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,063 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,384 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 160 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,208 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.