About block 966,952
Bitcoin block 966,952 was mined by SECPOOL on September 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM UTC, 16 min 21 s after block 966,951. 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 3,295 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 966,952 is number 1,289 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 727 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,048 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 5,689 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.