About block 970,146
Bitcoin block 970,146 was mined by AntPool on October 6, 2026 at 7:11 AM UTC, 35 min 21 s after block 970,145. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,060 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0333 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1583 BTC for this block.
Block 970,146 is number 451 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,565 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,854 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,451 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.