About block 966,331
Bitcoin block 966,331 was mined by SpiderPool on September 10, 2026 at 9:03 AM UTC, 17 min 27 s after block 966,330. 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 3,587 transactions in 1.47 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 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 966,331 is number 668 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,348 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,669 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. SpiderPool found 63 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,620 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.