About block 969,517
Bitcoin block 969,517 was mined by F2Pool on October 2, 2026 at 1:25 AM UTC, 1 min 22 s after block 969,516. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,814 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0050 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1300 BTC for this block.
Block 969,517 is number 1,838 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 178 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,483 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,075 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.