About block 969,812
Bitcoin block 969,812 was mined by F2Pool on October 4, 2026 at 7:58 AM UTC, 10 min 32 s after block 969,811. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,270 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.9% 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 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 969,812 is number 117 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,899 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,188 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,780 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.