About block 970,757
Bitcoin block 970,757 was mined by AntPool on October 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM UTC, 51 min 20 s after block 970,756. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,703 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0484 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1734 BTC for this block.
Block 970,757 is number 1,062 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 954 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,243 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 835 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.