About block 969,975
Bitcoin block 969,975 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 7:05 AM UTC, 1 min 40 s after block 969,974. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,090 transactions in 1.51 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 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 969,975 is number 280 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,736 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,025 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 1,617 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.