About block 966,319
Bitcoin block 966,319 was mined by ViaBTC on September 10, 2026 at 6:58 AM UTC, 3 min 22 s after block 966,318. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,862 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0073 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1323 BTC for this block.
Block 966,319 is number 656 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,360 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,681 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 78 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,634 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.