About block 969,302
Bitcoin block 969,302 was mined by Foundry USA on September 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM UTC, 33 min 42 s after block 969,301. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,368 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0483 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1733 BTC for this block.
Block 969,302 is number 1,623 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 393 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,698 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. Foundry USA found 257 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,290 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.