About block 969,488
Bitcoin block 969,488 was mined by ViaBTC on October 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM UTC, 6 min 51 s after block 969,487. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,999 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0293 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1543 BTC for this block.
Block 969,488 is number 1,809 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 207 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,512 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,109 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.