About block 970,059
Bitcoin block 970,059 was mined by ViaBTC on October 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM UTC, 4 min 16 s after block 970,058. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,827 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 970,059 is number 364 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,652 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,941 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,533 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.