About block 969,366
Bitcoin block 969,366 was mined by AntPool on September 30, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC, 6 min 44 s after block 969,365. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,903 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 969,366 is number 1,687 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 329 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,634 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 2,226 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.