About block 969,870
Bitcoin block 969,870 was mined by AntPool on October 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC, 2 min 45 s after block 969,869. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,395 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0073 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1323 BTC for this block.
Block 969,870 is number 175 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,841 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,130 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 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,722 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.