About block 969,799
Bitcoin block 969,799 was mined by OCEAN on October 4, 2026 at 4:57 AM UTC, 11 min 5 s after block 969,798. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 1,078 transactions in 0.60 MB (43.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0120 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1370 BTC for this block.
Block 969,799 is number 104 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,912 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,201 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,793 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.