About block 970,830
Bitcoin block 970,830 was mined by AntPool on October 10, 2026 at 9:23 PM UTC, 14 min 48 s after block 970,829. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,780 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 970,830 is number 1,135 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 881 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,170 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 767 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.