About block 966,946
Bitcoin block 966,946 was mined by ViaBTC on September 14, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC, 8 min 6 s after block 966,945. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,034 transactions in 1.81 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 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 966,946 is number 1,283 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 733 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,054 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 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5,695 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.