About block 970,910
Bitcoin block 970,910 was mined by AntPool on October 11, 2026 at 10:31 AM UTC, 1 min 44 s after block 970,909. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,930 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 970,910 is number 1,215 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 801 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,090 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 687 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.