About block 969,228
Bitcoin block 969,228 was mined by AntPool on September 29, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC, 12 min 36 s after block 969,227. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,455 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% 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 0.0169 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1419 BTC for this block.
Block 969,228 is number 1,549 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 467 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,772 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 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,364 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.