About block 970,684
Bitcoin block 970,684 was mined by AntPool on October 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM UTC, 15 min 49 s after block 970,683. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,457 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0312 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1562 BTC for this block.
Block 970,684 is number 989 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,027 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,316 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 908 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.