About block 970,344
Bitcoin block 970,344 was mined by AntPool on October 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM UTC, 10 min 47 s after block 970,343. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,585 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0351 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1601 BTC for this block.
Block 970,344 is number 649 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,367 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,656 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,253 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.