About block 969,253
Bitcoin block 969,253 was mined by F2Pool on September 30, 2026 at 4:12 AM UTC, 17 min 53 s after block 969,252. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,472 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 969,253 is number 1,574 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 442 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,747 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,339 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.