About block 969,097
Bitcoin block 969,097 was mined by OCEAN on September 29, 2026 at 5:04 AM UTC, 13 min 32 s after block 969,096. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,862 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0271 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1521 BTC for this block.
Block 969,097 is number 1,418 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 598 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,903 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. OCEAN found 29 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,525 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.