About block 969,416
Bitcoin block 969,416 was mined by Braiins Pool on October 1, 2026 at 7:38 AM UTC, 15 min 14 s after block 969,415. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,647 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 969,416 is number 1,737 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 279 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,584 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. Braiins Pool found 17 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,176 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.