About block 970,134
Bitcoin block 970,134 was mined by BTC.com on October 6, 2026 at 5:21 AM UTC, 27 min 42 s after block 970,133. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,252 transactions in 1.52 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 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 970,134 is number 439 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,577 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,866 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. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,458 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.