About block 969,181
Bitcoin block 969,181 was mined by Binance Pool on September 29, 2026 at 4:41 PM UTC, 18 min 15 s after block 969,180. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,105 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0351 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1601 BTC for this block.
Block 969,181 is number 1,502 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 514 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,819 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. Binance Pool found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,411 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.