About block 969,744
Bitcoin block 969,744 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM UTC, 2 min 9 s after block 969,743. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,130 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0357 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1607 BTC for this block.
Block 969,744 is number 49 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,967 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,256 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,853 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.