About block 969,897
Bitcoin block 969,897 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM UTC, 21 min 25 s after block 969,896. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,196 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0256 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1506 BTC for this block.
Block 969,897 is number 202 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,814 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,103 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 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,700 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.