About block 965,970
Bitcoin block 965,970 was mined by SECPOOL on September 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM UTC, 17 min 11 s after block 965,969. 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 3,983 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% 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 0.0308 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1558 BTC for this block.
Block 965,970 is number 307 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,709 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,030 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7,147 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.