About block 966,973
Bitcoin block 966,973 was mined by SECPOOL on September 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM UTC, 2 min 43 s after block 966,972. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,510 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 966,973 is number 1,310 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 706 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,027 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,654 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.