About block 966,917
Bitcoin block 966,917 was mined by SECPOOL on September 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM UTC, 40 min 8 s after block 966,916. 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 4,265 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 966,917 is number 1,254 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 762 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,083 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,737 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.