About block 970,003
Bitcoin block 970,003 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 11:01 AM UTC, 2 min 35 s after block 970,002. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,895 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0042 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1292 BTC for this block.
Block 970,003 is number 308 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,708 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,997 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,589 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.