About block 969,754
Bitcoin block 969,754 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM UTC, 12 min 20 s after block 969,753. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,476 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, down from 8.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0772 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2022 BTC for this block.
Block 969,754 is number 59 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,957 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,246 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 1,843 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.