About block 966,191
Bitcoin block 966,191 was mined by NiceHash on September 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM UTC, 14 min 23 s after block 966,190. 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 4,088 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 966,191 is number 528 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,488 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,809 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 6,815 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.