About block 969,888
Bitcoin block 969,888 was mined by AntPool on October 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM UTC, 20 min 54 s after block 969,887. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,352 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0322 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1572 BTC for this block.
Block 969,888 is number 193 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,823 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,112 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 1,704 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.