About block 970,132
Bitcoin block 970,132 was mined by SECPOOL on October 6, 2026 at 4:32 AM UTC, 18 min 29 s after block 970,131. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,815 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 970,132 is number 437 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,579 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,868 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,460 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.