About block 970,898
Bitcoin block 970,898 was mined by AntPool on October 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM UTC, 1 min 52 s after block 970,897. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,303 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0041 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1291 BTC for this block.
Block 970,898 is number 1,203 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 813 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,102 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 699 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.