About block 969,193
Bitcoin block 969,193 was mined by F2Pool on September 29, 2026 at 7:59 PM UTC, 27 min 45 s after block 969,192. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,028 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0683 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1933 BTC for this block.
Block 969,193 is number 1,514 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 502 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,807 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,399 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.