About block 970,268
Bitcoin block 970,268 was mined by AntPool on October 7, 2026 at 1:38 AM UTC, 22 min 18 s after block 970,267. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,735 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 970,268 is number 573 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,443 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,732 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 1,329 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.