About block 966,864
Bitcoin block 966,864 was mined by SpiderPool on September 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM UTC, 2 min 4 s after block 966,863. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,911 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0110 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1360 BTC for this block.
Block 966,864 is number 1,201 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 815 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,136 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 71 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,805 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.