About block 966,543
Bitcoin block 966,543 was mined by ViaBTC on September 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM UTC, 12 min 2 s after block 966,542. 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 2,068 transactions in 2.91 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0475 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1725 BTC for this block.
Block 966,543 is number 880 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,136 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,457 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 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,313 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.