About block 969,370
Bitcoin block 969,370 was mined by ViaBTC on October 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM UTC, 40 min 43 s after block 969,369. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,285 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0699 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1949 BTC for this block.
Block 969,370 is number 1,691 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 325 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,630 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 2,222 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.