About block 969,491
Bitcoin block 969,491 was mined by NiceHash on October 1, 2026 at 8:28 PM UTC, 24 min 44 s after block 969,490. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,634 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0725 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1975 BTC for this block.
Block 969,491 is number 1,812 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 204 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,509 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 2,101 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.