About block 969,066
Bitcoin block 969,066 was mined by ViaBTC on September 28, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTC, 21 min 35 s after block 969,065. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,071 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% 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 0.0264 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1514 BTC for this block.
Block 969,066 is number 1,387 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 629 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,934 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 2,565 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.