About block 969,121
Bitcoin block 969,121 was mined by NiceHash on September 29, 2026 at 7:55 AM UTC, 13 min 16 s after block 969,120. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,510 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 969,121 is number 1,442 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 574 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,879 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. NiceHash found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,497 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.