About block 969,038
Bitcoin block 969,038 was mined by F2Pool on September 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM UTC, 20 min 13 s after block 969,037. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,882 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0438 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1688 BTC for this block.
Block 969,038 is number 1,359 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 657 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,962 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 2,602 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.