About block 969,765
Bitcoin block 969,765 was mined by ViaBTC on October 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM UTC, 2 min 59 s after block 969,764. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,028 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 969,765 is number 70 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,946 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,235 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,832 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.