About block 966,838
Bitcoin block 966,838 was mined by F2Pool on September 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM UTC, 9 min 47 s after block 966,837. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,336 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0196 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1446 BTC for this block.
Block 966,838 is number 1,175 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 841 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,162 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 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,842 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.