About block 969,953
Bitcoin block 969,953 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2026 at 4:12 AM UTC, 7 min 25 s after block 969,952. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,111 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0093 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1343 BTC for this block.
Block 969,953 is number 258 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,758 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,047 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 1,639 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.