About block 969,089
Bitcoin block 969,089 was mined by SECPOOL on September 29, 2026 at 2:44 AM UTC, 24 min 18 s after block 969,088. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,407 transactions in 1.48 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 0.0247 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1497 BTC for this block.
Block 969,089 is number 1,410 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 606 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,911 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. SECPOOL found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,538 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.