About block 969,558
Bitcoin block 969,558 was mined by ViaBTC on October 2, 2026 at 7:47 AM UTC, 7 min 5 s after block 969,557. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,250 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 969,558 is number 1,879 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 137 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,442 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,034 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.