About block 969,807
Bitcoin block 969,807 was mined by AntPool on October 4, 2026 at 6:38 AM UTC, 31 min 51 s after block 969,806. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,654 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 969,807 is number 112 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,904 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,193 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 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,785 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.