About block 969,506
Bitcoin block 969,506 was mined by BTC.com on October 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM UTC, 40 min 33 s after block 969,505. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,845 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0606 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1856 BTC for this block.
Block 969,506 is number 1,827 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 189 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,494 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. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,086 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.