About block 966,154
Bitcoin block 966,154 was mined by SpiderPool on September 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM UTC, 6 min 7 s after block 966,153. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,832 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0071 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1321 BTC for this block.
Block 966,154 is number 491 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,525 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,846 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 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,872 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.