About block 966,971
Bitcoin block 966,971 was mined by ViaBTC on September 14, 2026 at 1:27 PM UTC, 3 min 1 s after block 966,970. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,603 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0110 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1360 BTC for this block.
Block 966,971 is number 1,308 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 708 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,029 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 5,656 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.