About block 970,615
Bitcoin block 970,615 was mined by AntPool on October 9, 2026 at 10:18 AM UTC, 14 min 27 s after block 970,614. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,573 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 970,615 is number 920 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,096 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,385 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 977 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.