About block 969,153
Bitcoin block 969,153 was mined by NiceHash on September 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM UTC, 3 min 43 s after block 969,152. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,093 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0095 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1345 BTC for this block.
Block 969,153 is number 1,474 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 542 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,847 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 4 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,447 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.