About block 969,963
Bitcoin block 969,963 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 6:02 AM UTC, 1 min 41 s after block 969,962. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,399 transactions in 1.43 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 0.0051 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1301 BTC for this block.
Block 969,963 is number 268 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,748 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,037 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,629 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.