About block 970,102
Bitcoin block 970,102 was mined by OCEAN on October 6, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC, 16 min 49 s after block 970,101. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,354 transactions in 1.35 MB (80.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 970,102 is number 407 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,609 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,898 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,495 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.