About block 966,824
Bitcoin block 966,824 was mined by ViaBTC on September 13, 2026 at 12:53 PM UTC, 19 min 12 s after block 966,823. 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 3,982 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 966,824 is number 1,161 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 855 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,176 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 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,872 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.