About block 970,596
Bitcoin block 970,596 was mined by AntPool on October 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM UTC, 15 min 37 s after block 970,595. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,298 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 970,596 is number 901 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,115 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,404 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 996 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.