About block 966,090
Bitcoin block 966,090 was mined by SpiderPool on September 8, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC, 8 min 49 s after block 966,089. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,505 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 966,090 is number 427 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,589 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,910 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,969 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.