About block 966,861
Bitcoin block 966,861 was mined by SECPOOL on September 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM UTC, 22 min 6 s after block 966,860. 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 4,213 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0284 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1534 BTC for this block.
Block 966,861 is number 1,198 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 818 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,139 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 5,808 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.