About block 969,840
Bitcoin block 969,840 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM UTC, 21 min 5 s after block 969,839. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,614 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0257 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1507 BTC for this block.
Block 969,840 is number 145 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,871 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,160 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,752 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.