About block 965,966
Bitcoin block 965,966 was mined by ViaBTC on September 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM UTC, 16 min 56 s after block 965,965. 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 4,146 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0373 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1623 BTC for this block.
Block 965,966 is number 303 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,713 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,034 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7,151 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.