About block 969,304
Bitcoin block 969,304 was mined by ViaBTC on September 30, 2026 at 12:53 PM UTC, 9 min 49 s after block 969,303. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,453 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0324 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1574 BTC for this block.
Block 969,304 is number 1,625 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 391 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,696 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 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,288 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.