About block 970,856
Bitcoin block 970,856 was mined by AntPool on October 11, 2026 at 1:49 AM UTC, 9 min 28 s after block 970,855. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,048 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0209 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1459 BTC for this block.
Block 970,856 is number 1,161 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 855 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,144 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 741 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.