About block 969,838
Bitcoin block 969,838 was mined by SECPOOL on October 4, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC, 12 min 15 s after block 969,837. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,396 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 969,838 is number 143 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,873 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,162 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,754 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.