About block 966,998
Bitcoin block 966,998 was mined by F2Pool on September 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM UTC, 19 seconds after block 966,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,591 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 966,998 is number 1,335 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 681 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,002 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. F2Pool found 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,620 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.