About block 970,838
Bitcoin block 970,838 was mined by AntPool on October 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM UTC, 1 min 12 s after block 970,837. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,836 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0038 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1288 BTC for this block.
Block 970,838 is number 1,143 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 873 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,162 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 759 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.