About block 966,597
Bitcoin block 966,597 was mined by SpiderPool on September 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM UTC, 12 min 18 s after block 966,596. 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 5,244 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0141 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1391 BTC for this block.
Block 966,597 is number 934 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,082 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,403 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 67 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,232 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.