About block 969,004
Bitcoin block 969,004 was mined by F2Pool on September 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM UTC, 1 min 13 s after block 969,003. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,735 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0147 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1397 BTC for this block.
Block 969,004 is number 1,325 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 691 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,996 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,650 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.