About block 970,053
Bitcoin block 970,053 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 970,052. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,559 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0105 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1355 BTC for this block.
Block 970,053 is number 358 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,658 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,947 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,539 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.