About block 970,081
Bitcoin block 970,081 was mined by Unknown on October 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM UTC, 12 min 40 s after block 970,080. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,071 transactions in 1.55 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 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 970,081 is number 386 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,630 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,919 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 1,511 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.