About block 966,718
Bitcoin block 966,718 was mined by AntPool on September 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM UTC, 13 min 41 s after block 966,717. 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 3,699 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 966,718 is number 1,055 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 961 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,282 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. AntPool found 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,043 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.