About block 969,802
Bitcoin block 969,802 was mined by AntPool on October 4, 2026 at 5:34 AM UTC, 31 min 33 s after block 969,801. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,267 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0292 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1542 BTC for this block.
Block 969,802 is number 107 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,909 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,198 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 1,795 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.