About block 969,749
Bitcoin block 969,749 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM UTC, 42 min 20 s after block 969,748. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,994 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0859 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2109 BTC for this block.
Block 969,749 is number 54 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,962 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,251 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 1,848 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.