About block 969,984
Bitcoin block 969,984 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 8:50 AM UTC, 12 min 3 s after block 969,983. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,318 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 969,984 is number 289 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,727 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,016 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 1,608 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.