About block 966,236
Bitcoin block 966,236 was mined by SECPOOL on September 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM UTC, 2 min 36 s after block 966,235. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,985 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 966,236 is number 573 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,443 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,764 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. SECPOOL found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,759 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.