About block 970,243
Bitcoin block 970,243 was mined by AntPool on October 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM UTC, 4 min 19 s after block 970,242. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,626 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0071 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1321 BTC for this block.
Block 970,243 is number 548 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,468 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,757 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 1,349 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.