About block 969,828
Bitcoin block 969,828 was mined by OCEAN on October 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM UTC, 20 min 57 s after block 969,827. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,117 transactions in 0.93 MB (55.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 969,828 is number 133 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,883 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,172 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 1,764 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.