About block 966,495
Bitcoin block 966,495 was mined by ViaBTC on September 11, 2026 at 10:27 AM UTC, 6 min 36 s after block 966,494. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,651 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 966,495 is number 832 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,184 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,505 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 87 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,383 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.