About block 970,055
Bitcoin block 970,055 was mined by Unknown on October 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM UTC, 6 min 11 s after block 970,054. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,534 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 970,055 is number 360 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,656 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,945 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. Unknown found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,537 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.