About block 966,702
Bitcoin block 966,702 was mined by SECPOOL on September 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM UTC, 4 min 53 s after block 966,701. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,953 transactions in 1.74 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 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 966,702 is number 1,039 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 977 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,298 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. SECPOOL found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,073 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.