About block 966,539
Bitcoin block 966,539 was mined by ViaBTC on September 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM UTC, 3 min 33 s after block 966,538. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,034 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 966,539 is number 876 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,140 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,461 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 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,317 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.