About block 966,936
Bitcoin block 966,936 was mined by AntPool on September 14, 2026 at 8:04 AM UTC, 14 min 4 s after block 966,935. 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 3,314 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 966,936 is number 1,273 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 743 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,064 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,705 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.