About block 967,916
Bitcoin block 967,916 was mined by ViaBTC on September 21, 2026 at 1:05 AM UTC, 42 min 32 s after block 967,915. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,957 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0352 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1602 BTC for this block.
Block 967,916 is number 237 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,779 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 82,084 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 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,223 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.