About block 966,945
Bitcoin block 966,945 was mined by AntPool on September 14, 2026 at 10:09 AM UTC, 5 min 16 s after block 966,944. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,859 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 966,945 is number 1,282 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 734 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,055 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 5,696 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.