About block 970,064
Bitcoin block 970,064 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM UTC, 2 min 46 s after block 970,063. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,909 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 970,064 is number 369 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,647 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,936 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 1,528 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.