About block 965,498
Bitcoin block 965,498 was mined by SpiderPool on September 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM UTC, 11 min 17 s after block 965,497. 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 3,635 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0293 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1543 BTC for this block.
Block 965,498 is number 1,851 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 165 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,502 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. SpiderPool found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7,862 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.