About block 969,985
Bitcoin block 969,985 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM UTC, 14 min 13 s after block 969,984. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,949 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0292 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1542 BTC for this block.
Block 969,985 is number 290 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,726 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,015 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 1,607 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.