About block 969,830
Bitcoin block 969,830 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2026 at 10:48 AM UTC, 29 min 26 s after block 969,829. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,523 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0296 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1546 BTC for this block.
Block 969,830 is number 135 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,881 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,170 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,767 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.