About block 966,642
Bitcoin block 966,642 was mined by F2Pool on September 12, 2026 at 7:58 AM UTC, 26 min 14 s after block 966,641. 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 4,147 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0240 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1490 BTC for this block.
Block 966,642 is number 979 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,037 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,358 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 6,167 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.