About block 966,122
Bitcoin block 966,122 was mined by SpiderPool on September 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM UTC, 19 min 30 s after block 966,121. 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 4,362 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0314 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1564 BTC for this block.
Block 966,122 is number 459 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,557 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,878 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 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,919 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.