About block 966,975
Bitcoin block 966,975 was mined by F2Pool on September 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM UTC, 22 min 41 s after block 966,974. 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 4,497 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0326 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1576 BTC for this block.
Block 966,975 is number 1,312 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 704 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,025 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,652 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.