About block 970,304
Bitcoin block 970,304 was mined by AntPool on October 7, 2026 at 6:58 AM UTC, 10 min 14 s after block 970,303. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,900 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0131 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1381 BTC for this block.
Block 970,304 is number 609 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,407 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,696 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 1,293 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.