About block 969,731
Bitcoin block 969,731 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2026 at 1:17 PM UTC, 49 min 23 s after block 969,730. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,246 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0506 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1756 BTC for this block.
Block 969,731 is number 36 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,980 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,269 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 1,861 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.