About block 966,272
Bitcoin block 966,272 was mined by SECPOOL on September 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC, 17 min 6 s after block 966,271. 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 3,800 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0400 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1650 BTC for this block.
Block 966,272 is number 609 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,407 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,728 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,705 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.