About block 969,048
It confirmed 3,423 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 969,048 is number 1,369 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 647 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,952 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 212 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,587 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.