About block 966,691
Bitcoin block 966,691 was mined by F2Pool on September 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM UTC, 2 min 11 s after block 966,690. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,983 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0304 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1554 BTC for this block.
Block 966,691 is number 1,028 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 988 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,309 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,093 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.