About block 969,863
Bitcoin block 969,863 was mined by F2Pool on October 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTC, 6 min 13 s after block 969,862. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,644 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0333 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1583 BTC for this block.
Block 969,863 is number 168 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,848 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,137 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,729 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.