About block 966,958
Bitcoin block 966,958 was mined by F2Pool on September 14, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTC, 16 min 28 s after block 966,957. 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 3,669 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0273 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1523 BTC for this block.
Block 966,958 is number 1,295 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 721 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,042 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,676 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.