About block 969,752
Bitcoin block 969,752 was mined by BTC.com on October 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC, 61 min 9 s after block 969,751. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,130 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 8.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1042 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.2292 BTC for this block.
Block 969,752 is number 57 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,959 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,248 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. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,845 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.