About block 969,697
Bitcoin block 969,697 was mined by OCEAN on October 3, 2026 at 7:26 AM UTC, 9 min 59 s after block 969,696. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,749 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 969,697 is number 2 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 2,014 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,303 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,900 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.