About block 969,010
Bitcoin block 969,010 was mined by F2Pool on September 28, 2026 at 2:56 PM UTC, 6 min 37 s after block 969,009. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,637 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 969,010 is number 1,331 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 685 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,990 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,642 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.