About block 969,886
Bitcoin block 969,886 was mined by AntPool on October 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM UTC, 36 min 35 s after block 969,885. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,676 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0421 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1671 BTC for this block.
Block 969,886 is number 191 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,825 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,114 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 1,706 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.