About block 969,140
Bitcoin block 969,140 was mined by F2Pool on September 29, 2026 at 10:22 AM UTC, 5 min 0 s after block 969,139. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,574 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 969,140 is number 1,461 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 555 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,860 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,473 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.