About block 966,941
Bitcoin block 966,941 was mined by SECPOOL on September 14, 2026 at 9:06 AM UTC, 10 min 25 s after block 966,940. 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 4,105 transactions in 1.89 MB (99.9% 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 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 966,941 is number 1,278 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 738 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,059 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 5,700 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.