About block 966,215
Bitcoin block 966,215 was mined by SpiderPool on September 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM UTC, 15 min 20 s after block 966,214. 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 3,769 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0348 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1598 BTC for this block.
Block 966,215 is number 552 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,464 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,785 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 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,783 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.