About block 966,144
Bitcoin block 966,144 was mined by ViaBTC on September 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM UTC, 7 min 22 s after block 966,143. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,522 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 966,144 is number 481 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,535 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,856 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,885 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.