About block 969,555
Bitcoin block 969,555 was mined by F2Pool on October 2, 2026 at 7:20 AM UTC, 8 min 38 s after block 969,554. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,971 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0156 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1406 BTC for this block.
Block 969,555 is number 1,876 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 140 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,445 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 2,037 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.