About block 970,727
Bitcoin block 970,727 was mined by AntPool on October 10, 2026 at 5:14 AM UTC, 27 min 21 s after block 970,726. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,534 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 970,727 is number 1,032 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 984 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,273 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 865 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.