About block 966,836
Bitcoin block 966,836 was mined by ViaBTC on September 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM UTC, 10 min 41 s after block 966,835. 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 4,717 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0182 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1432 BTC for this block.
Block 966,836 is number 1,173 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 843 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,164 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 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,851 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.