About block 969,295
Bitcoin block 969,295 was mined by AntPool on September 30, 2026 at 10:43 AM UTC, 16 min 22 s after block 969,294. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,871 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0236 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1486 BTC for this block.
Block 969,295 is number 1,616 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 400 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,705 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 2,297 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.