About block 969,956
Bitcoin block 969,956 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 4:52 AM UTC, 17 seconds after block 969,955. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,593 transactions in 1.46 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 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 969,956 is number 261 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,755 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,044 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 1,636 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.