About block 969,809
Bitcoin block 969,809 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2026 at 7:23 AM UTC, 17 min 24 s after block 969,808. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,937 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 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 969,809 is number 114 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,902 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,191 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 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,783 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.