About block 966,937
Bitcoin block 966,937 was mined by SECPOOL on September 14, 2026 at 8:05 AM UTC, 1 min 5 s after block 966,936. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,462 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 966,937 is number 1,274 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 742 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,063 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 5,704 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.