About block 965,618
Bitcoin block 965,618 was mined by SpiderPool on September 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM UTC, 12 min 18 s after block 965,617. 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 5,713 transactions in 1.42 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 965,618 is number 1,971 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 45 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,382 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 7,679 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.