About block 969,114
Bitcoin block 969,114 was mined by ViaBTC on September 29, 2026 at 6:54 AM UTC, 16 min 54 s after block 969,113. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,064 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 969,114 is number 1,435 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 581 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,886 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,507 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.