About block 969,961
Bitcoin block 969,961 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 5:34 AM UTC, 19 min 15 s after block 969,960. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,328 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 969,961 is number 266 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,750 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,039 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,636 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.