About block 969,263
Bitcoin block 969,263 was mined by ViaBTC on September 30, 2026 at 5:17 AM UTC, 13 min 32 s after block 969,262. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 1,708 transactions in 1.21 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0272 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1522 BTC for this block.
Block 969,263 is number 1,584 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 432 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,737 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,334 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.