About block 969,396
Bitcoin block 969,396 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2026 at 5:18 AM UTC, 13 min 49 s after block 969,395. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,596 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0218 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1468 BTC for this block.
Block 969,396 is number 1,717 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 299 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,604 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,201 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.