About block 966,252
Bitcoin block 966,252 was mined by SpiderPool on September 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM UTC, 22 min 23 s after block 966,251. 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 3,834 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0382 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1632 BTC for this block.
Block 966,252 is number 589 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,427 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,748 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 6,731 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.