About block 969,176
Bitcoin block 969,176 was mined by AntPool on September 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM UTC, 5 min 7 s after block 969,175. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,896 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 969,176 is number 1,497 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 519 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,824 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 2,421 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.