About block 970,042
Bitcoin block 970,042 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM UTC, 20 min 54 s after block 970,041. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,981 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0535 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1785 BTC for this block.
Block 970,042 is number 347 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,669 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,958 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 1,550 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.