About block 969,374
Bitcoin block 969,374 was mined by OCEAN on October 1, 2026 at 1:29 AM UTC, 31 min 46 s after block 969,373. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,340 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0385 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1635 BTC for this block.
Block 969,374 is number 1,695 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 321 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,626 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,218 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.