About block 966,336
Bitcoin block 966,336 was mined by ViaBTC on September 10, 2026 at 9:17 AM UTC, 6 min 37 s after block 966,335. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,983 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 966,336 is number 673 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,343 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,664 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 81 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,610 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.