About block 969,743
Bitcoin block 969,743 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM UTC, 4 min 5 s after block 969,742. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,780 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0449 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1699 BTC for this block.
Block 969,743 is number 48 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,968 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,257 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 1,849 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.