About block 969,472
Bitcoin block 969,472 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2026 at 5:52 PM UTC, 10 min 14 s after block 969,471. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,127 transactions in 1.91 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0708 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1958 BTC for this block.
Block 969,472 is number 1,793 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 223 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,528 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 2,120 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.