About block 966,854
Bitcoin block 966,854 was mined by AntPool on September 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM UTC, 9 min 50 s after block 966,853. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,950 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 966,854 is number 1,191 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 825 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,146 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,821 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.