About block 966,398
Bitcoin block 966,398 was mined by ViaBTC on September 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM UTC, 22 min 13 s after block 966,397. 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 4,514 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0437 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1687 BTC for this block.
Block 966,398 is number 735 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,281 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,602 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 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,519 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.