About block 966,177
Bitcoin block 966,177 was mined by ViaBTC on September 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM UTC, 45 min 12 s after block 966,176. 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 4,379 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0501 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1751 BTC for this block.
Block 966,177 is number 514 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,502 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,823 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 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,833 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.