About block 969,410
Bitcoin block 969,410 was mined by F2Pool on October 1, 2026 at 7:10 AM UTC, 14 min 57 s after block 969,409. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,833 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 969,410 is number 1,731 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 285 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,590 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,182 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.