About block 969,463
Bitcoin block 969,463 was mined by Binance Pool on October 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM UTC, 23 min 6 s after block 969,462. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,922 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0677 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1927 BTC for this block.
Block 969,463 is number 1,784 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 232 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,537 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. Binance Pool found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,129 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.