About block 969,290
Bitcoin block 969,290 was mined by BTC.com on September 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM UTC, 18 min 40 s after block 969,289. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,943 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% 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 0.0263 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1513 BTC for this block.
Block 969,290 is number 1,611 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 405 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,710 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. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,302 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.