About block 969,817
Bitcoin block 969,817 was mined by F2Pool on October 4, 2026 at 8:45 AM UTC, 9 min 49 s after block 969,816. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,329 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0175 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1425 BTC for this block.
Block 969,817 is number 122 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,894 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,183 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,775 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.