About block 969,244
Bitcoin block 969,244 was mined by OCEAN on September 30, 2026 at 3:00 AM UTC, 12 min 21 s after block 969,243. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 1,623 transactions in 1.03 MB (79.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0228 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1478 BTC for this block.
Block 969,244 is number 1,565 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 451 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,756 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,348 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.