About block 966,852
Bitcoin block 966,852 was mined by MARA Pool on September 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM UTC, 18 min 37 s after block 966,851. 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 4,833 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 966,852 is number 1,189 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 827 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,148 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. MARA Pool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,823 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.