About block 970,560
Bitcoin block 970,560 was mined by AntPool on October 9, 2026 at 1:09 AM UTC, 11 min 51 s after block 970,559. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,257 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 970,560 is number 865 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,151 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,440 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 1,032 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.