About block 969,123
Bitcoin block 969,123 was mined by AntPool on September 29, 2026 at 8:16 AM UTC, 18 min 37 s after block 969,122. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,573 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 969,123 is number 1,444 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 572 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,877 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 2,495 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.