About block 970,767
Bitcoin block 970,767 was mined by AntPool on October 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM UTC, 5 min 0 s after block 970,766. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,970 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 970,767 is number 1,072 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 944 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,233 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 830 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.