About block 970,986
Bitcoin block 970,986 was mined by AntPool on October 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM UTC, 26 min 57 s after block 970,985. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,124 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0296 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1546 BTC for this block.
Block 970,986 is number 1,291 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 725 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,014 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 611 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.