About block 970,018
Bitcoin block 970,018 was mined by OCEAN on October 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM UTC, 21 min 38 s after block 970,017. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,580 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0322 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1572 BTC for this block.
Block 970,018 is number 323 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,693 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,982 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,574 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.