About block 969,466
Bitcoin block 969,466 was mined by NiceHash on October 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM UTC, 11 min 35 s after block 969,465. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,448 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0633 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1883 BTC for this block.
Block 969,466 is number 1,787 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 229 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,534 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. NiceHash found 4 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,126 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.