About block 966,999
Bitcoin block 966,999 was mined by AntPool on September 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM UTC, 20 min 18 s after block 966,998. 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 3,952 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0358 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1608 BTC for this block.
Block 966,999 is number 1,336 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 680 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,001 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,619 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.