About block 969,003
Bitcoin block 969,003 was mined by WhitePool on September 28, 2026 at 1:53 PM UTC, 22 min 57 s after block 969,002. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,026 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0414 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1664 BTC for this block.
Block 969,003 is number 1,324 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 692 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,997 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. WhitePool found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,651 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.