About block 969,285
Bitcoin block 969,285 was mined by AntPool on September 30, 2026 at 9:08 AM UTC, 16 min 18 s after block 969,284. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,594 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0290 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1540 BTC for this block.
Block 969,285 is number 1,606 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 410 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,715 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 2,307 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.