About block 966,677
Bitcoin block 966,677 was mined by SECPOOL on September 12, 2026 at 12:37 PM UTC, 10 min 41 s after block 966,676. 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 4,578 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 966,677 is number 1,014 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,002 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,323 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. SECPOOL found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,108 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.