About block 969,591
Bitcoin block 969,591 was mined by F2Pool on October 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM UTC, 51 seconds after block 969,590. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,882 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0056 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1306 BTC for this block.
Block 969,591 is number 1,912 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 104 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,409 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 2,001 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.