About block 969,081
Bitcoin block 969,081 was mined by F2Pool on September 29, 2026 at 1:23 AM UTC, 13 min 40 s after block 969,080. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,024 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 969,081 is number 1,402 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 614 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,919 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 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,546 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.