About block 969,675
Bitcoin block 969,675 was mined by ViaBTC on October 3, 2026 at 4:40 AM UTC, 12 min 22 s after block 969,674. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,765 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 969,675 is number 1,996 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 20 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,325 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 1,917 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.