About block 969,701
Bitcoin block 969,701 was mined by Foundry USA on October 3, 2026 at 8:26 AM UTC, 42 min 13 s after block 969,700. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,272 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0440 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1690 BTC for this block.
Block 969,701 is number 6 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 2,010 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,299 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. Foundry USA found 258 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,896 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.