About block 969,842
Bitcoin block 969,842 was mined by F2Pool on October 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM UTC, 1 min 37 s after block 969,841. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,754 transactions in 1.40 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0046 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1296 BTC for this block.
Block 969,842 is number 147 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,869 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,158 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 1,750 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.