About block 969,773
Bitcoin block 969,773 was mined by ViaBTC on October 3, 2026 at 11:06 PM UTC, 13 min 42 s after block 969,772. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,796 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 969,773 is number 78 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,938 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,227 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 1,819 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.