About block 969,775
Bitcoin block 969,775 was mined by BTC.com on October 3, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTC, 12 min 20 s after block 969,774. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 1,607 transactions in 0.75 MB (44.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 969,775 is number 80 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,936 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,225 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. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,817 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.