About block 966,881
Bitcoin block 966,881 was mined by SpiderPool on September 13, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC, 17 min 57 s after block 966,880. 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 4,188 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 966,881 is number 1,218 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 798 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,119 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 5,783 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.