About block 969,033
Bitcoin block 969,033 was mined by AntPool on September 28, 2026 at 6:38 PM UTC, 11 min 16 s after block 969,032. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,345 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0400 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1650 BTC for this block.
Block 969,033 is number 1,354 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 662 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,967 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. AntPool found 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,607 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.