About block 966,224
Bitcoin block 966,224 was mined by SpiderPool on September 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM UTC, 11 min 28 s after block 966,223. 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 4,553 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 966,224 is number 561 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,455 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,776 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 6,774 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.