About block 969,060
Bitcoin block 969,060 was mined by ViaBTC on September 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC, 15 min 28 s after block 969,059. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,636 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0209 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1459 BTC for this block.
Block 969,060 is number 1,381 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 635 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,940 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. ViaBTC found 105 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,571 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.