About block 969,955
Bitcoin block 969,955 was mined by BTC.com on October 5, 2026 at 4:52 AM UTC, 22 min 39 s after block 969,954. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,126 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 969,955 is number 260 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,756 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,045 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. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,637 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.