About block 969,572
Bitcoin block 969,572 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2026 at 10:33 AM UTC, 31 min 54 s after block 969,571. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,338 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0501 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1751 BTC for this block.
Block 969,572 is number 1,893 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 123 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,428 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 2,020 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.