About block 969,363
Bitcoin block 969,363 was mined by ViaBTC on September 30, 2026 at 11:18 PM UTC, 5 min 15 s after block 969,362. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,339 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 969,363 is number 1,684 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 332 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,637 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,234 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.