About block 966,693
Bitcoin block 966,693 was mined by SpiderPool on September 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC, 17 min 19 s after block 966,692. 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 4,237 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0377 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1627 BTC for this block.
Block 966,693 is number 1,030 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 986 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,307 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 70 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,082 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.