About block 969,680
Bitcoin block 969,680 was mined by SECPOOL on October 3, 2026 at 5:28 AM UTC, 24 min 19 s after block 969,679. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,547 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0240 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1490 BTC for this block.
Block 969,680 is number 2,001 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 15 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,320 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,912 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.