About block 969,273
Bitcoin block 969,273 was mined by F2Pool on September 30, 2026 at 6:24 AM UTC, 2 min 6 s after block 969,272. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,790 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0059 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1309 BTC for this block.
Block 969,273 is number 1,594 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 422 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,727 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,324 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.