About block 966,363
Bitcoin block 966,363 was mined by SpiderPool on September 10, 2026 at 1:29 PM UTC, 11 min 24 s after block 966,362. 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 4,121 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0270 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1520 BTC for this block.
Block 966,363 is number 700 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,316 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,637 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 64 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,565 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.