About block 967,856
Bitcoin block 967,856 was mined by ViaBTC on September 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM UTC, 11 min 54 s after block 967,855. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,508 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 967,856 is number 177 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,839 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 82,144 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 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,329 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.