About block 965,969
Bitcoin block 965,969 was mined by ViaBTC on September 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM UTC, 1 min 20 s after block 965,968. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,506 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 965,969 is number 306 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,710 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,031 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 7,148 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.