About block 969,562
Bitcoin block 969,562 was mined by ViaBTC on October 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM UTC, 5 min 36 s after block 969,561. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,965 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 969,562 is number 1,883 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 133 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,438 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 2,030 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.