About block 966,827
Bitcoin block 966,827 was mined by AntPool on September 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM UTC, 19 min 32 s after block 966,826. 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 4,526 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0290 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1540 BTC for this block.
Block 966,827 is number 1,164 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 852 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,173 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,864 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.