About block 969,724
Bitcoin block 969,724 was mined by F2Pool on October 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM UTC, 1 min 21 s after block 969,723. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,828 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0052 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1302 BTC for this block.
Block 969,724 is number 29 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,987 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,276 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,868 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.