About block 966,347
Bitcoin block 966,347 was mined by ViaBTC on September 10, 2026 at 10:27 AM UTC, 2 min 30 s after block 966,346. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,141 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0101 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1351 BTC for this block.
Block 966,347 is number 684 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,332 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,653 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 6,594 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.