About block 970,523
Bitcoin block 970,523 was mined by AntPool on October 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM UTC, 10 min 56 s after block 970,522. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,493 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0387 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1637 BTC for this block.
Block 970,523 is number 828 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,188 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,477 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 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,069 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.