About block 965,981
Bitcoin block 965,981 was mined by SpiderPool on September 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM UTC, 2 min 32 s after block 965,980. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,866 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 965,981 is number 318 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,698 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,019 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7,126 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.