About block 966,943
Bitcoin block 966,943 was mined by SpiderPool on September 14, 2026 at 9:56 AM UTC, 42 min 21 s after block 966,942. 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 3,882 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0454 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1704 BTC for this block.
Block 966,943 is number 1,280 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 736 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,057 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. SpiderPool found 70 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,698 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.