About block 970,231
Bitcoin block 970,231 was mined by AntPool on October 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM UTC, 9 min 47 s after block 970,230. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,643 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 970,231 is number 536 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,480 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,769 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 1,361 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.