About block 966,249
Bitcoin block 966,249 was mined by SpiderPool on September 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM UTC, 3 min 47 s after block 966,248. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,159 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0132 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1382 BTC for this block.
Block 966,249 is number 586 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,430 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,751 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 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,734 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.