About block 969,738
Bitcoin block 969,738 was mined by SECPOOL on October 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM UTC, 1 min 10 s after block 969,737. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,806 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0057 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1307 BTC for this block.
Block 969,738 is number 43 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,973 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,262 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 1,854 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.