About block 969,503
Bitcoin block 969,503 was mined by F2Pool on October 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM UTC, 1 min 15 s after block 969,502. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,581 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 969,503 is number 1,824 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 192 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,497 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 2,089 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.