About block 969,096
Bitcoin block 969,096 was mined by F2Pool on September 29, 2026 at 4:50 AM UTC, 61 min 48 s after block 969,095. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,680 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0472 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1722 BTC for this block.
Block 969,096 is number 1,417 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 599 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,904 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 2,526 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.