About block 970,467
Bitcoin block 970,467 was mined by AntPool on October 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM UTC, 2 min 0 s after block 970,466. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,412 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0056 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1306 BTC for this block.
Block 970,467 is number 772 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,244 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,533 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 1,125 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.