About block 966,474
Bitcoin block 966,474 was mined by SpiderPool on September 11, 2026 at 7:35 AM UTC, 9 min 52 s after block 966,473. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,243 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0173 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1423 BTC for this block.
Block 966,474 is number 811 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,205 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,526 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 6,419 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.