About block 966,187
Bitcoin block 966,187 was mined by ViaBTC on September 9, 2026 at 9:46 AM UTC, 6 min 7 s after block 966,186. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,678 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 966,187 is number 524 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,492 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,813 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 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,823 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.