About block 969,343
Bitcoin block 969,343 was mined by SECPOOL on September 30, 2026 at 8:04 PM UTC, 17 min 52 s after block 969,342. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,852 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0515 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1765 BTC for this block.
Block 969,343 is number 1,664 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 352 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,657 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,249 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.