About block 969,199
Bitcoin block 969,199 was mined by AntPool on September 29, 2026 at 8:55 PM UTC, 17 min 39 s after block 969,198. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,878 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0459 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1709 BTC for this block.
Block 969,199 is number 1,520 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 496 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,801 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 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,393 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.