About block 969,496
Bitcoin block 969,496 was mined by F2Pool on October 1, 2026 at 9:52 PM UTC, 7 min 29 s after block 969,495. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,962 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0409 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1659 BTC for this block.
Block 969,496 is number 1,817 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 199 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,504 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,096 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.