About block 969,429
Bitcoin block 969,429 was mined by OCEAN on October 1, 2026 at 8:52 AM UTC, 10 min 37 s after block 969,428. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 1,088 transactions in 0.45 MB (28.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 969,429 is number 1,750 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 266 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,571 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,163 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.