About block 967,996
Bitcoin block 967,996 was mined by AntPool on September 21, 2026 at 1:36 PM UTC, 12 min 29 s after block 967,995. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,586 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0297 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1547 BTC for this block.
Block 967,996 is number 317 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,699 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 82,004 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. AntPool found 221 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,111 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.