About block 969,681
Bitcoin block 969,681 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2026 at 5:38 AM UTC, 10 min 8 s after block 969,680. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,310 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 969,681 is number 2,002 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 14 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,319 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 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,911 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.