About block 969,952
Bitcoin block 969,952 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2026 at 4:05 AM UTC, 6 min 59 s after block 969,951. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,781 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 969,952 is number 257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,048 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 1,640 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.