About block 969,737
Bitcoin block 969,737 was mined by ViaBTC on October 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM UTC, 17 min 18 s after block 969,736. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,000 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0397 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1647 BTC for this block.
Block 969,737 is number 42 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,974 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,263 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 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,860 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.