About block 969,988
Bitcoin block 969,988 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM UTC, 11 min 36 s after block 969,987. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,306 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 969,988 is number 293 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,723 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,012 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 1,609 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.