About block 969,628
Bitcoin block 969,628 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM UTC, 31 min 15 s after block 969,627. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,105 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0907 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2157 BTC for this block.
Block 969,628 is number 1,949 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 67 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,372 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 1,969 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.