About block 966,730
Bitcoin block 966,730 was mined by AntPool on September 12, 2026 at 11:11 PM UTC, 26 min 28 s after block 966,729. 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 4,249 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0267 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1517 BTC for this block.
Block 966,730 is number 1,067 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 949 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,270 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,023 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.