About block 966,157
Bitcoin block 966,157 was mined by NiceHash on September 9, 2026 at 5:02 AM UTC, 2 min 26 s after block 966,156. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,123 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 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 966,157 is number 494 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,522 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,843 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,869 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.