About block 966,435
Bitcoin block 966,435 was mined by ViaBTC on September 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM UTC, 23 min 37 s after block 966,434. 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 4,342 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0284 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1534 BTC for this block.
Block 966,435 is number 772 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,244 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,565 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 6,471 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.