About block 966,316
Bitcoin block 966,316 was mined by SECPOOL on September 10, 2026 at 6:42 AM UTC, 15 min 5 s after block 966,315. 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 3,213 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0287 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1537 BTC for this block.
Block 966,316 is number 653 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,363 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,684 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 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,637 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.