About block 969,052
Bitcoin block 969,052 was mined by AntPool on September 28, 2026 at 9:54 PM UTC, 42 min 45 s after block 969,051. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,673 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0602 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1852 BTC for this block.
Block 969,052 is number 1,373 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 643 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,948 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 212 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,583 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.