About block 966,018
Bitcoin block 966,018 was mined by SpiderPool on September 8, 2026 at 5:05 AM UTC, 10 min 5 s after block 966,017. 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 4,202 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 966,018 is number 355 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,661 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,982 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 7,072 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.