About block 969,528
Bitcoin block 969,528 was mined by SECPOOL on October 2, 2026 at 3:56 AM UTC, 17 min 9 s after block 969,527. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,752 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0339 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1589 BTC for this block.
Block 969,528 is number 1,849 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 167 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,472 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,064 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.