About block 969,634
Bitcoin block 969,634 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTC, 35 min 3 s after block 969,633. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,650 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0785 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2035 BTC for this block.
Block 969,634 is number 1,955 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 61 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,366 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 1,958 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.