About block 970,060
Bitcoin block 970,060 was mined by ViaBTC on October 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM UTC, 26 min 14 s after block 970,059. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,941 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0428 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1678 BTC for this block.
Block 970,060 is number 365 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,651 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,940 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,537 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.