About block 969,526
Bitcoin block 969,526 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM UTC, 36 min 55 s after block 969,525. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,004 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0489 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1739 BTC for this block.
Block 969,526 is number 1,847 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 169 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,474 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 2,066 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.