About block 969,042
Bitcoin block 969,042 was mined by ViaBTC on September 28, 2026 at 7:48 PM UTC, 10 min 17 s after block 969,041. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,722 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 969,042 is number 1,363 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 653 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,958 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 105 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,598 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.