About block 966,837
Bitcoin block 966,837 was mined by ViaBTC on September 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM UTC, 1 min 18 s after block 966,836. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,696 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0054 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1304 BTC for this block.
Block 966,837 is number 1,174 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 842 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,163 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 5,844 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.