About block 969,372
Bitcoin block 969,372 was mined by SECPOOL on October 1, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC, 2 min 14 s after block 969,371. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,060 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% 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 0.0247 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1497 BTC for this block.
Block 969,372 is number 1,693 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 323 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,628 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 2,220 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.