About block 969,305
Bitcoin block 969,305 was mined by AntPool on September 30, 2026 at 1:11 PM UTC, 17 min 43 s after block 969,304. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,214 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0445 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1695 BTC for this block.
Block 969,305 is number 1,626 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 390 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,695 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 2,287 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.