About block 969,729
Bitcoin block 969,729 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM UTC, 9 min 19 s after block 969,728. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,950 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 969,729 is number 34 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,982 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,271 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 1,863 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.