About block 969,640
Bitcoin block 969,640 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC, 10 min 24 s after block 969,639. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,869 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0258 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1508 BTC for this block.
Block 969,640 is number 1,961 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 55 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,360 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 1,952 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.