About block 969,023
Bitcoin block 969,023 was mined by AntPool on September 28, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC, 10 min 55 s after block 969,022. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,623 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% 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 0.0260 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1510 BTC for this block.
Block 969,023 is number 1,344 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 672 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,977 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,622 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.