About block 969,742
Bitcoin block 969,742 was mined by ViaBTC on October 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM UTC, 27 min 15 s after block 969,741. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,396 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0667 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1917 BTC for this block.
Block 969,742 is number 47 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,969 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,258 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 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,850 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.