About block 966,820
Bitcoin block 966,820 was mined by SpiderPool on September 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM UTC, 10 min 30 s after block 966,819. 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 6,280 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 0.0075 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1325 BTC for this block.
Block 966,820 is number 1,157 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 859 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,180 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 69 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,880 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.