About block 969,554
Bitcoin block 969,554 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM UTC, 7 min 4 s after block 969,553. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,934 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1369 BTC for this block.
Block 969,554 is number 1,875 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 141 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,446 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 2,043 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.