About block 969,899
Bitcoin block 969,899 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM UTC, 7 min 2 s after block 969,898. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,321 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 969,899 is number 204 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,812 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,101 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,698 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.