About block 969,457
Bitcoin block 969,457 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM UTC, 7 min 46 s after block 969,456. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,960 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0444 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1694 BTC for this block.
Block 969,457 is number 1,778 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 238 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,543 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 2,135 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.