About block 969,435
Bitcoin block 969,435 was mined by F2Pool on October 1, 2026 at 9:25 AM UTC, 8 min 53 s after block 969,434. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,620 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 969,435 is number 1,756 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 260 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,565 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 2,157 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.