About block 969,467
Bitcoin block 969,467 was mined by SECPOOL on October 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM UTC, 9 min 4 s after block 969,466. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,993 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0557 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1807 BTC for this block.
Block 969,467 is number 1,788 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 228 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,533 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,125 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.