About block 969,154
Bitcoin block 969,154 was mined by SECPOOL on September 29, 2026 at 12:31 PM UTC, 21 min 27 s after block 969,153. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,397 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0318 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1568 BTC for this block.
Block 969,154 is number 1,475 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 541 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,846 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,446 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.