About block 969,746
Bitcoin block 969,746 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM UTC, 9 min 34 s after block 969,745. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,837 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0366 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1616 BTC for this block.
Block 969,746 is number 51 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,965 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,254 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,851 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.