About block 966,546
Bitcoin block 966,546 was mined by ViaBTC on September 11, 2026 at 7:18 PM UTC, 7 min 18 s after block 966,545. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,441 transactions in 2.23 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 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 966,546 is number 883 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,133 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,454 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 6,310 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.